 He made his debut in 2004, and on 29 April 2006 played in the DFB-Pokal final, a 0–1 loss to Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.On 26 September 2009, he received a straight red card in the 33rd minute of a 0–3 home loss to VfB Stuttgart at the Commerzbank-Arena for a foul on Sami Khedira.In July 2011, after Frankfurt's relegation to the 2.