 Before his loan to Hamburger SV he appeared 21 times in 2007 as a midfielder for Dinamo Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League, scoring one goal.He was loaned to Hamburg in January 2008 for a fee of €500,000.In the second half of the 2007–08 season, he made three Bundesliga appearances for Hamburger SV, coming on as a substitute each time.