Taner Ari (born 29 May 1987) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities ...

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 Arena. The club is named Petrolspor because Batman is ...

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 Second League in the current 2020–21 season. History In 1997, FC Blau-Weiß Linz was founded, which adopted the traditions of the defunct club FC Li ...

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

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...

, 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, it played its last season ( 2009–10) in Tercera División, and held home games at '' Estadio L ...

. 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. The club was founded on 16 March 1946, it achieved promotion to the Landeliga (IV) in 2000 and to the Regionalliga Mitte one year later, where in 2005 they won th ...

. 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. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footbal ...

debuts with SC Wiener Neustadt; in early January 2010, however, he switched back to

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, signing for second level club

Orduspor Orduspor was a Turkish football club founded in 1967. The club was 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 lev ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ari, Taner 1987 births Living people Austrian people of Turkish descent Turkish footballers Austrian footballers Association football defenders Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Turkish emigrants to Austria SC Wiener Neustadt players Orduspor footballers TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor footballers Ünyespor footballers Denizlispor footballers SKN St. Pölten players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain People from Erzincan