FC Nürnberg for the 2003–04 season and earn the starting role for the club's reserves side that competed in the Oberliga Bayern, Bavaria's regional league.

A year to the day after registering his first career shutout with Stuttgarter Kickers, Nicht marked his Nürnberg debut in the same fashion, blanking Jahn Regensburg II in a 0–0 stalemate, the first of his 26 appearances during the campaign.

Following an unsuccessful trial with Scottish side Dunfermline in 2004,[4] Nicht began a three-and-a-year stint with Alemannia Aachen from 2004 to 2007, during which he helped the squad achieve promotion out of the 2.

The 2005–06 campaign saw Nicht installed as the starter from day one, and he went on to play every minute of the team's first 31 contests that season, which he finished with 11 shutouts and a 1.10 goals against average.

In the 2006–07 season, Nicht started half of the 34 matches in Aachen's return to top division after a 36-year absence and also led the squad to wins in the first and second round of the DFB-Pokal.

Viking's successful 2008 earned the club entry to the qualification round of the UEFA Cup (now Europa League) in which Nicht started and played every minute of the two-leg tie against Finnish side FC Honka.

Nicht held FC Honka scoreless in away fixture to seize upper hand but surrendered two goals in 2–1 defeat in return leg at home that saw Viking exit the tournament.

The move was made since the Impact were in desperate need of a goalie for the 2nd leg of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League finals after losing Evan Bush to a suspension and having Eric Kronberg already cup tied with Sporting Kansas City.