Career
Bundesliga side Football Club Ingolstadt 04. He was transferred to Nürnberg in 2008, when Thomas von Heesen was coach there. He had previously played in another squad for which von Heesen has had responsibility for some time, Arminia Bielefeld.
His professional career had started at Nürnberg rival SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
In 2006, he finished the second division season with 18 goals, which made him top scorer of the league and took part in the 2006 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Football Championship with the German squad.