Marko Arnautović
Marko Arnautović (2012 )
Marko Arnautović ( born April 19, 1989 in Vienna) is an Austrian football player, who also owns the Serbian citizenship and since September 2013 stands at Stoke City in the English Premier League under contract.
Club career
Youth
Arnautović, son of a Serb and an Austrian mother, began his career in his home district Floridsdorf the FAC. In 1998 he moved to the youth of the large Viennese clubs FK Austria Wien. Over the next six years, he then played in chronological order for the Vienna, again for Austria and finally also for rapid, before he again returned to the FAC 2004. Reason for his "failure" was not his lack of talent, because this was attested to him in all of his stations, but its well established at a young age extroverted behavior and his penchant for stubbornness that made a successful team integration impossible. From his former coaches at Rapid and Austria it is described as an "uncomfortable free spirit and no team spirit " and " behavioral problems ".
Throughout his career, he discovered Dutch scouts from FC Twente Enschede, who took him under contract in a row. In Vienna football made the change for skepticism, and it was prophesied to him little chance of success.
By the end of his first season, he was, however, used by the former coach of the professional division, Fred Rutten in two games of the A- team. With 22 goals in 24 games Arnautović led the U-19 Twente in the 2007/ 08 season for the Junior Champion title. Overall, he completed 2006-2008 32 Youth Games for Jong FC Twente, where he scored 27 goals, before he was finally taken into the circle of professional players.
Twente Enschede
Even before his first championship game Arnautović was due to his similar stature, technical proficiency and style of play than the " new Zlatan Ibrahimović " touted. On 14 May 2007 he made his debut in the 0-2 defeat against PSV Eindhoven for FC Twente when he came on in the 77th minute for Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu.
In the 2007 /08 season he was mainly for Jong FC Twente in use, but has been used by coach Rutten also 14 times in the Eredivisie and once in the UEFA Cup.
Then Feyenoord Rotterdam Arnautović tried in the summer of 2008 for around 4.5 million euros of Twente Enschede poach. Enschede 's new coach Steve McClaren, who replaced the for FC Schalke 04 migrated Rutten, these offer refused and extended the contract of Arnautović significantly elevated references to 30 June 2011.
In the season 2008/ 09 his breakthrough followed in the Netherlands. Together with Eljero Elia and Blaise Nkufo he made an offensive team and played with Twente for a long time for the championship title in the Eredivisie. In the end it was behind AZ Alkmaar runner-up. Arnautović came to 28 inserts season with 12 Torerfolgen.
After the league match against Willem II Tilburg on March 14, 2009 complained Ibrahim Kargbo, he had been racially abused by Arnautović. The Dutch Football Association initiated an action against the alleged perpetrators Arnautović and called and the prosecutor to submit their comments. In the Dutch media, the case was discussed prominently. This spoke of a " Arnautogate ". On March 23, 2009, the Dutch Football Association announced that the investigations against Arnautović were discontinued due to insufficient evidence. Arnautović had previously repeatedly asserted to have been no such statement from him.
Transfer battle
Already during the 2008 /09 season Arnautović has been linked with various clubs from all over Europe, resulting in a change looming end of the season. As the first of FC Schalke 04 showed with former coach Fred Rutten a concrete interest in an undertaking. After the dismissal of Rutten, however, the topic was off the table.
Then in the summer transfer period of 2009 there were a true transfer battle between Chelsea and Inter Milan. First, the interest of the reigning Italian master became public, whereupon Chelsea intervened in the negotiations. After Inter was regarded as the most promising candidate for a change and Chelsea were only given an outside chance, told the Dutch newspaper "AD" in May 2009 that a move to Chelsea is virtually certain. Allegedly Arnautović had already agreed with the Londoners, who wanted to transfer 12 million euros on the transfer fee Enschede. As a result the player was invited to a medical test to London, in the course of a " stress fracture in the metatarsal " was found. Previously Arnautović was already in default at the end of the season with an ankle injury. Then Chelsea took of an obligation of the player distance.
Below, the injury became the largest obstacle for a transfer. Inter wanted Arnautović although still commit, but was still negotiating to August with Twente on transfer modalities. On 5 August 2009 Arnautović was loaned for one year to the Italian champions. Had Arnautović a set number of games denied a purchase option would be automatically entered into force with five- year contract. According to media reports, the transfer fee would be about 10 million euros. He would thus become the most expensive Austrian footballer of all time.
Inter Milan
Due to his injury, he missed the beginning of the 2009/2010 season the entire preparation of the association and was not nominated in the squad for the Champions League first round in 2009. After surviving convalescence, he completed 5 September 2009 in a 3-3 draw in a friendly against the Swiss second division side FC Lugano his debut for Inter. It was followed by another test match against FC Piacenza, before the match against Genoa CFC for the first time he was allowed to sit on the bench from Inter in a competitive fixture place on 17 October 2009. On 14 November 2009, he scored in the 2-1 win in a friendly against the Swiss second division side FC Vaduz his first two goals for Inter.
After he was not appointed in December 2009 by coach Jose Mourinho again in the squad of Inter, threw him the former national team coach Josef Hickersberger and Herbert Prohaska bad behavior before and lack of professional attitude. After exceptionally three hours came to training too early, Mourinho Arnautović was in January 2010, the opportunity for his competitive debut in Serie A against Chievo Verona. At the press conference Mourinho Arnautović attested to the " character of a child." Overall, he played three times in Serie A.
On May 22, 2010, the Champions League final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich's celebration Wolfgang Singer stood with Arnautović first Austrian squad in a Champions League winner. However, he completed no play in the competition.
SV Werder Bremen
For the 2010/11 season Arnautović joined the German Bundesliga Werder Bremen. He signed a four-year contract and cost between six and seven million euros transfer fee. On August 28, 2010 Arnautović scored in the 4-2 home game win against 1 FC Köln his first two Bundesliga goals. In the Champions League he met for the first time on 20 October 2010 against his former club Twente Enschede. Again Arnautović made headlines when he was not playing or his behavior was criticized. He was suspended until the 33rd Round because of unauthorized disco visit by coach Thomas Schaaf for a game. In the 2012/13 season he was suspended along with teammate Eljero Elia from 31 Gameday for the rest of the season with the training and game mode, after the two were in the morning advised by 3 clock in a police check, the Arnautović proved a speeding.
Stoke City
On September 2, 2013 Arnautović moved to Stoke City Football Club in the English Premier League. He signed a four-year contract until 30 June 2017.
National
As the son of an Austrian woman and a Serb, he was eligible to play for Austria and Serbia, but opted for the Austrian national team.
For the Austrian U-19 selection, he participated in the Home Championship in July 2007. His appearance during the tournament split the Austrian sports journalists into two camps. His supporters praised his outstanding technical skills for this age and its anticipation. His critics, however, criticized especially his recklessness ( get him again and again good actions, but he also lost many times due to unnecessary individual transitions of the ball ) and its unpredictability. This is mainly due to the red card in the 86th minute in the second group match against the U-19 selection of Greece. The game ended 1-1. Arnautović missing then in the crucial game to the rise of the semi-final against Portugal, which Austria lost 0-2.
Previously, they had already lost the opening game against the eventual U-19 European champions Spain 0-2. The expectations of the public in the team could not be satisfied and thus became the U-19 European Championship Home to the general disappointment. Main reasons for the high expectations were especially effusive coverage of Arnautović ahead of the final round and the fact that with a supposedly congenial Marc Sand strike partner was in the squad of the Austrian selection.
On 16 May 2007, was nominated " on call " in the team squad Arnautović the first time by the then OFB team, Josef Hickersberger for the two matches against Scotland and Paraguay.
Arnautović is generally regarded as a great hope for the future for the Austrian national team. The Austrian 's most capped player Andreas Herzog said after a U-21 match against Denmark at Arnautović follows:
"There was a Krankl, a duke, a cushion, a Prohaska, but Arnautović puts all to shame when he retrieves his potential. This is by far the best footballer, who is walking around in the last 30 years on the football pitch. "
On October 2, 2008 Arnautović was appointed by the Austrian team manager Karel Bruckner in the squad for two World Cup qualifiers against the Faroe Islands and Serbia, where he came off the bench in the 1-1 draw in the Faroe Islands in the second half and made his international debut for Austria. In the match against Sweden on 11 February 2009 Arnautović was first chosen. On 8 October 2010, he scored in the 3-0 home win in the qualifying match for Euro 2012 against Azerbaijan, its first two matches in the senior team.
Others
His brother Danijel was in youth than the more talented player and was also responsible for the FAC and in sequence for Post SV and the Dutch club unterklassigen HSC '21 under contract. After Marko Arnautovićs move to Inter Danijel ended his active career and worked exclusively as a consultant of his brother. In June 2011, he celebrated with the change to the German fifth-tier FC Oberneuland his comeback as a player.
On June 7, 2012 Arnautović married his girlfriend Sarah. On July 16, 2012 his daughter Emilia was born.