Bayern Munich's Holger Badstuber returns to full training

Holger Badstuber is back.

The Bayern Munich defender took part in his first full training session Wednesday since suffering a torn thigh tendon in September, much to the delight of everyone at the club.

Badstuber resumed individual training last month, working on light conditioning drills.

But Wednesday's announcement is the first big step in the German's long road back to the pitch, which he began travelling after he tore cruciate ligaments in his knee all the way back in 2012. He suffered the same injury in 2013 before sustaining the thigh problem.