Background and career
Marko Arnautović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Арнаутовић; born 19 April 1989) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade.
Arnautović began his career in his native country 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 Inter Milan 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, where he scored 26 goals in 145 appearances. He joined West Ham United in July 2017 for a fee of £20 million and won the Hammer of the Year award in his debut season. He scored 22 goals in 65 games for West Ham over two seasons before joining Shanghai SIPG (now Shanghai Port) for £22.4 million in July 2019. Arnautović returned to Europe to join Italian club Bologna in August 2021. In 2023, he rejoined Inter Milan on loan for the 2023–24 season, where he contributed mainly as a rotational forward in their domestic success and European campaign. His move was made permanent ahead of the following season, before he later joined Serbian club Red Star Belgrade in 2025.
A full international with 137 caps for Austria between 2008 and 2026, Arnautović is the most-capped and highest-scoring player in the history of the country's national team. He was part of the sides that qualified for the UEFA European Championship in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and the FIFA World Cup in 2026. He was named Austrian Footballer of the Year in 2018.
