Arnautović with the Austrian national team in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marko Arnautović | ||
Date of birth | 19 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Stoke City | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1998 | Floridsdorfer AC | ||
1998–2001 | FK Austria Wien | ||
2001–2002 | First Vienna FC | ||
2002–2003 | FK Austria Wien | ||
2003–2004 | SK Rapid Wien | ||
2004–2006 | Floridsdorfer AC | ||
2006–2007 | Jong FC Twente | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Twente | 44 | (12) |
2009–2010 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Werder Bremen | 72 | (14) |
2013– | Stoke City | 121 | (22) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | Austria U18 | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Austria U19 | 4 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Austria U21 | 5 | (3) |
2008– | Austria | 62 | (15) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:41, 15 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:57, 28 March 2017 (UTC) |
Marko Arnautović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Арнаутовић, German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁkoː aʁˈnaʊtovɪtʃ]; born 19 April 1989) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Stoke City and the Austria national team.
Arnautović began his career in his native Austria playing in the youth teams for a number of clubs in the Vienna area before he signed a contract with Dutch club Twente in 2006. He impressed at De Grolsch Veste and after a fine 2008–09 season he joined Italian giants Internazionale on loan, where he made only three appearances due to injury. He joined German side Werder Bremen in June 2010 and became a regular member of the first team. In September 2013 Arnautović joined English side Stoke City.
A full international for Austria since 2008, he helped the nation to qualify for UEFA Euro 2016.
Arnautović was born in Floridsdorf, a district in the northern part of Vienna to a Serbian father and an Austrian mother.
Arnautović began his career with his brother Danijel at Floridsdorfer AC. In 1998 he joined FK Austria Wien but behaviour issues saw him change club regularly as in the next six years he played for First Vienna FC 1894, a second spell at FK Austria Wien, SK Rapid Wien before he returned to Floridsdorfer AC. Despite this he was scouted by Dutch club FC Twente who signed him in 2006.