Augusto Batalla

Augusto Batalla
Batalla with Unión La Calera in 2019
Personal information
Full name Augusto Martín Batalla Vargas[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 San Lorenzo
(on loan from River Plate)
Number 13
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– → San Lorenzo (loan) 29 (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 21:08, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Augusto Martín Batalla Vargas (born 30 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Lorenzo, on loan from River Plate. He is a former Argentina U20's international.

Club career

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]

International career

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

Club

River Plate
Argentina U17
Argentina U20

Individual

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Augusto Batalla, el heredero: la historia, el recorrido y la mirada del joven que reemplazará a Barovero". La Nacion (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Real Madrid agree loan for goalkeeper Augusto Batalla - River Plate president". ESPN. 14 March 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Discreto debut para Augusto Batalla". Identidad Monumental. Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  6. ^ "Copa Argentina / Web oficial de la Copa Argentina".
  7. ^ "HTML Center".
  8. ^ Germán Lux se marcha a River Plate (Germán Lux goes to River Plate); La Voz de Galicia, 26 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Batalla en Tucumán". Olé. 5 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Surprise: Batalla leaves Atlético Tucumán". ESPN. 26 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Augusto Batalla will leave Atlético Tucumán". Olé. 25 June 2018.

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