He started playing in his local club SV Scheifling in Styria. 2006 he came to Red Bull Salzburg academy and played in their youth teams. His first professional match was on 16 October 2009 in a match versus FC Wacker Innsbruck for the Red Bull Juniors. His first match in the first squad was exactly one year later when he substituted Ibrahim Sekagya in minute 68 in a league match versus SV Kapfenberg. 2010 he became regular member of the Juniors and played four times in the first squad. With the second squad he became champion of the Regionalliga West. He also was member of the Austrian team for the FIFA U20 World Cup in 2011.