Marco Aratore

Marco Calogero Aratore (born 4 June 1991) is a Swiss football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is a youth coach at Basel.

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)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Basel (U-21 assistant)
Youth career
Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Basel U21 17 (6)
2009–2013 Basel 1 (0)
2009–2010 → Thun (loan) 7 (2)
2010–2012 → Aarau (loan) 45 (3)
2012 Basel U21 16 (13)
2013 → Winterthur (loan) 18 (5)
2013–2014 Winterthur 35 (14)
2014–2018 St. Gallen 131 (19)
2018–2020 Ural Yekaterinburg 21 (0)
2019–2020 → Lugano (loan) 22 (3)
2020–2022 Aarau 47 (5)
2022–2023 Basel U21 6 (0)
International career
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)
Managerial career
2023 Basel (U-14 assistant)
2023– Basel (U-21 assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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] On 10 July 2019, he returned to Switzerland to FC Lugano on loan for the 2019–20 season.[4] On 23 September 2020, his Ural contract was terminated by mutual consent.[5]

On 28 September 2020, he returned to FC Aarau and signed a three-year contract.[6]

Later career

On 4 July 2022, Aratore returned to Basel and was assigned to the club's Under-21 squad that plays in the third-tier Swiss Promotion League.[7]

On 11 January 2023, Aratore retired from playing and was appointed an assistant coach for Basel's Under-14 squad as he continued his coaching education.[8] Ahead of the 2023-24 season, Aratore was moved to a new position as assistant coach for the club's U-21 squad under manager Dennis Hediger.[9]

International career

Aratore was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent.[10] 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. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  2. "Keita muss gehen - Aratore und Thrier kommen" [Keita has to go - and Aratore Thrier come] (in German). Tagblatt. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ""Урал" заключил контракт с Марко Араторе (Ural signed a contract with Marco Aratore)" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 13 August 2018.
  4. "MARCO ARATORE RINFORZA IL LUGANO" [Marco Aratore to strengthen Lugano] (in Italian). FC Lugano. 10 July 2019.
  5. "Марко Араторе покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 23 September 2020.
  6. "Marco Aratore kehrt zum FC Aarau zurück" (in German). Aarau. 28 September 2020.
  7. "MARCO ARATORE VERSTÄRKT DIE U21" (in German). FC Basel. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  8. "MARCO ARATORE BEENDET KARRIERE – BLEIBT DEM FCB ABER ERHALTEN" [MARCO ARATORE ENDS HIS CAREER – BUT STAYS WITH FCB] (in German). FC Basel. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  9. Der neue U21-Trainer hat klare Vorstellungen: «Dominant sein wie Barça oder Ajax», bzbasel.ch, 4 August 2023
  10. "FC St.Gallen – Teams – 1. Mannschaft – Kader – Marco Aratore". www.fcsg.ch.
  11. "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
  12. "Die U16 ist Schweizer Meister" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  13. 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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