 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Bender akaita Bundesliga yake kutanga musi wa19 Gunyana 2009 mumutambo wakanangana neHannover 96. Mukwikwidzi wake mukuru nokuda kwenzvimbo munhandare yepakati yokudzivirira akatambura kuvadziko dzinoverengeka uye Bender akazvisimbisa mumatangiro gumi nerimwe nokukurumidza zvikuru. Akawana chinangwa chake chekutanga cheBundesliga musi wa 12 Kukadzi 2011 vachipesana ne1. FC Kaiserslautern uye akawedzera kondirakiti yake kusvika 2017. Makore 2011 na2012 akabudirira zvikuru kuna Bender, sezvo aive mutambi akakosha muBorussia Dortmunds midfield uye akabatsira timu kuhwina mukwikwidzi wenyika mumakore ese ari maviri pamwe neDFB-Pokal muna 2012. Musi wa6 Ndira 2013, Bender akawedzera kondirakiti yake neDortmund, achimuchengeta mukirabhu kusvika 2017. Munguva yegore ra2012-13, aive achitambura nekukuvara kwakati wandei uko kwakaita kuti Dortmund isayine Nuri Şahin muna Ndira 2013. Pashure pokurapwa kwekukuvara kwake, Bender akawana mumwe muvengi nokuda kwenzvimbo yake. Akanga ari munzira yekuva mutambi wenhamba yekutanga pachinzvimbo chake uye akagovana nzvimbo nemutungamiriri wechikwata Sebastian Kehl uye akabatsira timu kusvika 2013 UEFA Champions League Final, kunyangwe ivo vakakundwa nevadzivisi vavo vekumba Bayern Munich. Musi wa27 Chikunguru 2013, Bender akakunda 2013 DFL-Supercup neDortmund 42 vachipesana neBayern Munich. MunaFebruary 2014, akakuvara mushure mekurasikirwa neHamburger SV, iyo yakazomubvisa kunze kwemwaka wese. Musi wa 21 Kukadzi 2016, Bender akasaina chibvumirano chekuwedzera kuti amuchengete mukirabhu kusvika 2021. 