He made his Werder Bremen debut in the opening game of the season, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 win over Kaiserslautern. He suffered an injury in the next match, but was able to return to the next game against Freiburg on 20 August 2011. On 17 September 2011, he played in a 1–1 draw against his former club Nürnberg. In a 1–1 draw against Augsburg on 21 October 2011 he set up Claudio Pizarro to score the equaliser.