Taner Ari (born 29 May 1987) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

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Turkish Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

descent who plays for

Batman Petrolspor Batman Petrolspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Batman. Formed in 1960, the club colours are red, white, and black and they play their home matches at Batman Stadium. The club is named Petrolspor because Batman i ...

as a defender.

Football career

After a brief youth spell in the country of his ancestors with Fenerbahçe SK, Ari returned to

and started his career with amateurs

FC Blau-Weiß Linz FC Blau-Weiß Linz or BW Linz are an Austrian association football club playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top-tier of Austrian Football. History In 1997, FC Blau-Weiß Linz was founded, which adopted the traditions of the ...

, where he also had started his football formation. In the same level of football, he then played two years in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, with UD Norte and

UD Fuerteventura Unión Deportiva Fuerteventura was a Spanish football team based in Fuerteventura, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010, it played its last season ( 2009–10) in Tercera División, and held ho ...

. Ari's first taste of professional football came in 2007, when he played in the Austrian second division for

SC Schwanenstadt SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as wel ...

. Staying in the country, he made his

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

debuts with

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; in early January 2010, however, he switched back to

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, signing for second level club

Orduspor Orduspor is a Turkish football club founded in 1967. The club is located in Ordu, Turkey and played their home games at 19 Eylül Stadium. The team managed to qualify for the Turkish Super League again in 2011. But the last spell in top level ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ari, Taner 1987 births Living people Austrian sportspeople of Turkish descent Turkish men's footballers Austrian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Turkish emigrants to Austria 1. Wiener Neustädter SC players Orduspor footballers TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor footballers Ünyespor footballers Denizlispor footballers SKN St. Pölten players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Sportspeople from Erzincan 21st-century Turkish sportsmen