The son of Moroccan immigrants whose family moved to Dietzenbach in South Hessen, started his career at FC Dietzenbach, before moving to SpVgg Neu-Isenburg.
Following the completion of the upgrading of the Rodgau Railway as well as the route to Dietzenbach on 23 March 2001 lines S1, S2, S8 and S9 now run through the Offenbach City Tunnel.
S-Bahn operations began on line S 2 (Niedernhausen–Dietzenbach) at the beginning of the 2003/2004 timetable on 14 December 2003.
The station is now served only by S-Bahn lines S1 (Wiesbaden–Rödermark-Ober-Roden) and S2 (Niedernhausen–Dietzenbach).
In the opposite direction service on line S1 run via Obertshausen and Rodgau to Ober-Roden and on line S2 to Dietzenbach via Heusenstamm.