Marco Aratore

Marco Aratore

Personal information
Full name	Marco Aratore
Date of birth	4 June 1991 (1991-06-04) (age 20)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Aarau (on loan from FC Basel)
Number	20
Youth career
	FC Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2009	FC Basel U21	17	(6)
2009-	Basel	1	(0)
2009–2010	→ FC Thun (loan)	7	(2)
2010–	→ FC Aarau (loan)	34	(3)
National team‡
	Switzerland U-16	9	(0)
2006–2007	Switzerland U-17	9	(2)
2007–2008	Switzerland U-18	7	(3)
2008–2009	Switzerland U-19	13	(3)
2011–	Switzerland U-20	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 August 2011

Marco Aratore (born 4 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a Midfielder. He has a contract with FC Basel, but is on loan to FC Aarau since 18 July 2010 and plays in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football.

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. Therefore he was loaned to FC Thun for three months at the end of the 2009-10 season. For the season 2010-11 he is loaned to FC Aarau.

International career

Arature 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Titles and Honours

Basel

• Swiss Champion at U-16 level: 2005/06^[3]
• Swiss Super League: 2010
• Swiss Cup: 2010

Weblinks

• Marco Aratore at SwissSuperLeague

References

1. ^ Match report Swiss U-20 - Germany U-20
2. ^ Match report Swiss U-20 - Italian U-20
3. ^ "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs". FC Basel 1893. 2006. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/16573. Retrieved 2006-06-18.  (German)

Persondata
Name	Aratore, Marco
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	4 June 1991
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death