Marco Aratore

Club

Basel

Youth career Aratore played in the youth department of FC Basel, advancing regularly through the ranks. He played in the Swiss championship at U-16 level in the 2005–06 season, winning the championship with a 3–0 win in the final against the U-16 team from FC Winterthur. In the 2006–07 championship season, the team repeated the success by winning the final 5–0 against Servette U-16. Aratore himself scored the team's fourth goal. For the 2007–08 season, Aratore advanced to the U-18 they ended the league season in third position, but were able to win the cup at U-18 level. In the final held on 15 June 2008 in the Gurzelen football stadium in Biel/Bienne, the Basler juniors were a goal behind. But then, Aratore scored the equaliser in the 68th minute and five minutes later he netted the winner, as Basel won 2–1 against the U-18 from Team-Luzern-Kriens.

Senior career Aratore then advanced to their U-21 team in 2008 and one year later he signed a professional contract and was brought up into their first team squad under head coach Thorsten Fink. After playing in six test games Aratore played his professional debut for the club in the second qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League on 23 July 2009. It was an away game in Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, in Andorra la Vella and Aratore played the full 90 minutes as Basel won 4–1 against Santa Coloma. However, he was unable to obtain a place in the first team in the domestic league, to gain match…

Aratore was born in Basel, Switzerland and is of Italian descent. He is married to Sabrina and the couple have two sons. One of the main reasons why the family returned from Russia early, was because the children were reaching school age and in Russia children can only go to school if they can speak Russian.

Basel

Swiss champion at U-16 level: 2005–06, 2006–07 Swiss Cup winner at U-18 level: 2007–08 Swiss Super League champion: 2010 Swiss Cup winner: 2010

Thun

Swiss Challenge League: 2009–10