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Augusto Martín Batalla Barga (born 30 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 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]

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

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]

Career Statistics

As of 23 May 2024[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2016 Argentine Primera División 4 0 6 0 2[a] 0 2[b] 0 14 0
2016-17 29 0 0 0 6[c] 0 2[d] 0 37 0
2017-18 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 36 0 6 0 8 0 4 0 54 0
Atlético Tucumán (loan) 2017-18 Argentine Primera División 13 0 0 0 5[c] 0 1[b] 0 19 0
Tigre (loan) 2018-19 Argentine Primera División 10 0 — — — 10 0
Unión La Calera (loan) 2019 Chilean Primera División 22 0 5 0 4[e] 0 — 31 0
O'Higgins (loan) 2020 Chilean Primera División 33 0 — — — 33 0
2021 9 0 4 0 — — 13 0
Total 42 0 4 0 — — 46 0
San Lorenzo (loan) 2021 Argentine Primera División 0 0 — — — 0 0
2022 18 0 1 0 — 0 0 19 0
2023 36 0 5 0 10[e] 0 — 51 0
Total 54 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 70 0
Granada (loan) 2023-24 La Liga 17 0 — — — 17 0
Career Total 194 0 21 0 27 0 5 0 247 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in CONMEBOL Recopa
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Torneos de Verano
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ One appearance in Torneos de Verano, One appearance in Supercopa Argentina
  5. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ Augusto Batalla at Soccerway
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