After a year at Mönchengladbach's academy, he was promoted to the reserve team; he was offered a three-year contract which he signed and later went on to make his professional debut with the club on 31 March 2007 against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Nakon godinu dana iz Mönchengladbachove akademije je promaknut je na pričuvni tim i ponuđen mu je trogodišnji ugovor koji je i potpisao, a svoj ​​profesionalni debi s klubom imao je 31. ožujka 2007. godine protiv Eintracht Frankfurta.