Marco Aratore

Marco Calogero Aratore (born 4 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently playing with Lugano on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg.[1]

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(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lugano
(on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)
Number 70
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 19 (0)
2019– → Lugano (loan) 8 (1)
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 00:30, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

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[2] 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.[3]

On 13 August 2018, he signed a long-term contract with the Russian club FC Ural Yekaterinburg.[4] On 10 July 2019, he returned to Switzerland to FC Lugano on loan for the 2019–20 season.[5]

International career

Aratore was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent.[6] 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
  • Swiss champion at U-16 level: 2005–06[7] 2006–07[8]
  • Swiss Cup winner at U-18 level: 2007–08[9]
  • Swiss Super League champion: 2010
  • Swiss Cup winner: 2010

References
  1. https://www.cdt.ch/sport/calcio/ora-e-ufficiale-marco-aratore-e-bianconero-YD1401331
  2. FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Aratore leihweise zum FC Winterthur" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. "Keita muss gehen - Aratore und Thrier kommen" [Keita has to go - and Aratore Thrier come] (in German). Tagblatt. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. ""Урал" заключил контракт с Марко Араторе (Ural signed a contract with Marco Aratore)" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 13 August 2018.
  5. "MARCO ARATORE RINFORZA IL LUGANO" [Marco Aratore to strengthen Lugano] (in Italian). FC Lugano. 10 July 2019.
  6. "FC St.Gallen – Teams – 1. Mannschaft – Kader – Marco Aratore". www.fcsg.ch.
  7. "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
  8. "Die U16 ist Schweizer Meister" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  9. FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
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