Augusto Batalla
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 Batalla with Unión La Calera in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Augusto Martín Batalla Barga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Granada CF (on loan from River Plate) | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2016 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | River Plate | 36 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Atlético Tucumán (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Tigre (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → O'Higgins (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | → San Lorenzo (loan) | 54 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Granada (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Argentina U15 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Argentina U17 | 15 | (0) |
| 2015 | Argentina U20 | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:53, 3 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
Augusto Martín Batalla Barga (born 30 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Granada, on loan from River Plate. He is a former Argentina U20's international.
Club career[edit]
Batalla is product of the River Plate academy, which he joined as a five-year old.[2] In 2015, River Plate accepted a loan offer from La Liga side Real Madrid for Batalla with the option of a permanent move.[3] However, Batalla turned down the move to Real Madrid for personal reasons.[4]
He made his first-team debut in 2016 and was promoted by Manager Marcelo Gallardo as first-choice goalkeeper after Marcelo Barovero left the club.[2][5] Batalla remained as the club's first choice goalkeeper, initially impressing, winning the 2015–16 Copa Argentina[6] and the 2016 Recopa Sudamericana titles,[7] before losing his place after errors and the signing of German Lux in June 2017.[8]
After falling further down the pecking order after the signing of Argentina goalkeeper Franco Armani in January 2018.[9] On 5 January 2018, Batalla signed a one-year loan deal with fellow Argentine Primera División side Atlético Tucumán.[10] After impressing and helping the club progress in the Copa Libertadores,[11] On 25 June, Batalla announced on his social media he would be leaving Atlético Tucumán from his loan spell early.[12]
On 3 January 2024, Batalla joined Spanish La Liga club Granada on loan for the remainder of the season, with the option to make the move permanent.[13]
International career[edit]
He has represented Argentina at various youth levels, including winning South American Under-17 Football Championship in 2013 for the Argentina U17 's where he won the Best goalkeeper of the South American Under-17 Football Championship's[4] and he also won the South American Youth Football Championship for the Argentina U20 in 2015.[4]
Honours[edit]
Club
- River Plate
- Argentina U17
- Argentina U20
Individual
- Best goalkeeper of the South American Under-17 Football Championship.[4]
- Argentine Primera División Team of the Season: 2023
References[edit]
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players: River Plate" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Augusto Batalla, el heredero: la historia, el recorrido y la mirada del joven que reemplazará a Barovero". La Nacion (in Spanish).
- ^ "Real Madrid agree loan for goalkeeper Augusto Batalla - River Plate president". ESPN. 14 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Augusto Batalla, the goalkeeper who wanted Real Madrid and today is no longer valid for River Plate" (in Spanish). Futbol Internacional.
- ^ "Discreto debut para Augusto Batalla". Identidad Monumental. Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ "Copa Argentina / Web oficial de la Copa Argentina".
- ^ "HTML Center".
- ^ Germán Lux se marcha a River Plate (Germán Lux goes to River Plate); La Voz de Galicia, 26 June 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ "River Plate will pay the $3 million release clause for Atletico Nacional's Franco Armani. He will sign for 3 years with River". 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Batalla en Tucumán". Olé. 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Surprise: Batalla leaves Atlético Tucumán". ESPN. 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Augusto Batalla will leave Atlético Tucumán". Olé. 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Augusto Batalla, nuevo jugador del Granada CF" [Official Statement | Augusto Batalla, new Granada CF player]. www.granadacf.es (in Spanish). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
External links[edit]
- Augusto Batalla at Soccerway