Marco Aratore

Marco Calogero Aratore (born 4 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Aarau.

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 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.

On 13 August 2018, he signed a long-term contract with the Russian club FC Ural Yekaterinburg. On 10 July 2019, he returned to Switzerland to FC Lugano on loan for the 2019–20 season. On 23 September 2020, his Ural contract was terminated by mutual consent.

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

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