Marco Aratore

Marco Aratore
Aratore (L) with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name Marco Calogero Aratore
Date of birth (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ural Yekaterinburg
Number 21
Youth career
FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 FC Basel U21 17 (6)
2009–2013 Basel 1 (0)
2009–2010 → FC Thun (loan) 7 (2)
2010–2012 → FC Aarau (loan) 45 (3)
2012 FC Basel U21 16 (13)
2013 → Winterthur (loan) 18 (5)
2013–2014 Winterthur 35 (14)
2014–2018 St. Gallen 131 (19)
2018– Ural Yekaterinburg 5 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Switzerland U-16 9 (0)
2007–2008 Switzerland U-17 9 (2)
2008–2009 Switzerland U-18 7 (3)
2009–2010 Switzerland U-19 13 (3)
2010–2012 Switzerland U-20 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 April 2012

Marco Calogero Aratore (born 4 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently playing with Ural Yekaterinburg in the Russian Premier League.

Club career

Aratore played in the Basel youth teams and for two years in their U21 team. He was brought up into their first team squad at the age of 18. He played his first game for the side against FC Santa Coloma in the Europa League, but was unable to obtain a place in the first team in the Swiss Super League. During this time he played one sole league match for Basel, one Swiss Cup game and four in the Europa league, scoring a goal in the cup game. Therefore, he was loaned to FC Thun for three months at the end of the 2009-10 season. For the season 2010-11 he was loaned to FC Aarau. The loan was extended for another year. In August 2012 he returned to Basel, but played for the reserve squad in the 1. Liga Promotion, the third highest tier of Swiss football. On 17 January 2013 it was announced that he was loaned to Winterthur[1] so that he could gain playing experience in a higher league. In Summer 2013 his contract with Basel ran out, therefore he signed for Winterthur and played 35 of the 36 games that season. In Summer 2014 he transferred to St. Gallen.[2]

On 13 August 2018, he signed a long-term contract with the Russian club FC Ural Yekaterinburg.[3]

International career

Aratore was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent.[4] Aratore has played for various Swiss youth teams, playing nine games for both the U-16 team and the U-17 team and seven games for the U-18 team. He has also played 13 games for the Switzerland U-19 team, scoring three goals.

He made his international U-20 debut as substitute on 6 September 2010 in the 2:3 home defeat in the Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen, against German U-20 team. He scored his first goal for the Swiss U-20 team on 31 August 2011 in the 3:2 home win against the Italian U-20 team.

Titles and honours

Basel

References

  1. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Aratore leihweise zum FC Winterthur" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  2. ↑ "Keita muss gehen - Aratore und Thrier kommen" [Keita has to go - and Aratore Thrier come] (in German). Tagblatt. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  3. ↑ "«Урал» заключил контракт с Марко Араторе (Ural signed a contract with Marco Aratore)" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 13 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "FC St.Gallen – Teams – 1. Mannschaft – Kader – Marco Aratore". www.fcsg.ch.
  5. ↑ "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-18.
  6. ↑ "Die U16 ist Schweizer Meister" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  7. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2008-06-15.

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