Taner Ari

Taner Ari (born 29 May 1987) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Batman Petrolspor as a defender.

Taner Ari

Personal information
Full name	Taner Ari
Date of birth	(1987-05-29) 29 May 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Erzincan, Turkey
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	Batman Petrolspor
Number	24
Youth career
1995	Blau-Weiß Linz
1998	Ebelsberg Linz
1998–2003	Blau-Weiß Linz
2003–2004	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Blau-Weiß Linz	44	(2)
2005–2006	UD Norte	9	(0)
2006–2007	Fuerteventura	2	(0)
2007–2008	Schwanenstadt	26	(0)
2008–2010	Wiener Neustadt	22	(1)
2010–2011	Orduspor	1	(0)
2011	Tavşanlı Linyitspor	4	(0)
2012	Ünyespor	17	(0)
2012	Denizlispor	0	(0)
2013	SKN St. Pölten	8	(0)
2014	DAC Dunajská Streda	0	(0)
2014–2015	Sivas Belediye Spor	14	(0)
2015	Batman Petrolspor	14	(2)
2015–2016	Kastamonuspor	16	(0)
2016	Batman Petrolspor	10	(0)
2016	Dersimspor
2017-2018	Gmunden	25	(0)
2018	Esternberg	13	(0)
2019-	Gmunden	13	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2019

Football career

After a brief youth spell in the country of his ancestors with Fenerbahçe SK, Ari returned to Austria and started his career with amateurs FC Blau-Weiß Linz, where he also had started his football formation. In the same level of football, he then played two years in Spain, with UD Norte and UD Fuerteventura.

Ari's first taste of professional football came in 2007, when he played in the Austrian second division for SC Schwanenstadt. Staying in the country, he made his Bundesliga debuts with SC Wiener Neustadt; in early January 2010, however, he switched back to Turkey, signing for second level club Orduspor.^[1]