ɪt wʌz hɪz ˈoʊnli bˈʌndɪslˌɪɡə ɐpˈɪɹəns ðæt sˈiːzən, bˌʌt hiː mˌeɪd ˈɔːlmoʊst θˈɜːɾi kəmpˈɛɾᵻtˌɪv ɐpˈɪɹənsᵻz fɔːɹ bˈeɪɚ lˈɛvɚkjˌuːsənz ɹɪzˈɜːv tˈiːm bᵻfˌoːɹ ɡˌoʊɪŋ ˌɔn lˈoʊn tʊ ˈɑːsnɐbɹˌuːk ɪn ˈɔːɡəst tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvən.
It was his only Bundesliga appearance that season, but he made almost 30 competitive appearances for Bayer Leverkusen's reserve team before going on loan to Osnabrück in August 2007.