 He made his 2.Bundesliga debut on 19 October 2003 against LR Ahlen, and finished the 2003–04 season with ten league appearances.In the summer of 2004, he left Greuther Fürth for SC Paderborn 07 of the Regionalliga Nord, where he was the first-choice keeper during the 2004–05 season and helped the club winning promotion to the 2.