Augusto Batalla

Augusto Martín Batalla Vargas (born 30 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for O'Higgins, in the Chilean Primera División. He is a former Argentina U20's international.

Augusto Batalla
Personal information
Full name Augusto Martín Batalla Vargas
Date of birth (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996
Place of birth Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 O'Higgins
(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– → O'Higgins (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2011 Argentina U15 6 (0)
2013 Argentina U17 15 (0)
2015 Argentina U20 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2020

Club career

Batalla is product of the River Plate academy, which he joined as a five-year old.[1] In 2015, River Plate accepted a loan offer from La Liga side Real Madrid for Batalla with the option of a permanent move.[2] However, Batalla turned down the move to Real Madrid for personal reasons.[3]

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.[1][4] Batalla remained as the club's first choice goalkeeper, initially impressing, winning the 2015–16 Copa Argentina[5] and the 2016 Recopa Sudamericana titles,[6] before losing his place after errors and the signing of German Lux in June 2017.[7]

After falling further down the pecking order after the signing of Argentina goalkeeper Franco Armani in January 2018.[8] On 5 January 2018, Batalla signed a one-year loan deal with fellow Argentine Primera División side Atlético Tucumán.[9] After impressing and helping the club progress in the Copa Libertadores,[10] On 25 June, Batalla announced on his social media he would be leaving Atlético Tucumán from his loan spell early.[11]

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[3] and he also won the South American Youth Football Championship for the Argentina U20 in 2015.[3]

Honours

Club

River Plate
Argentina U17
  • South American Under-17 Football Championship: 2013
Argentina U20

Individual

  • Best goalkeeper of the South American Under-17 Football Championship.[3]

References
  1. "Augusto Batalla, el heredero: la historia, el recorrido y la mirada del joven que reemplazará a Barovero" (in Spanish). La Nacion.
  2. "Real Madrid agree loan for goalkeeper Augusto Batalla - River Plate president". ESPN.
  3. "Augusto Batalla, the goalkeeper who wanted Real Madrid and today is no longer valid for River Plate" (in Spanish). Futbol Internacional.
  4. "Discreto debut para Augusto Batalla". Identidad Monumental.
  5. http://www.copaargentina.org/es/partido/2880_River-vs-Rosario-Central.html
  6. http://estadisticas.conmebol.com/html/v3/index.html?channel=deportes.futbol.recopa.260262&lang=es_LA
  7. Germán Lux se marcha a River Plate (Germán Lux goes to River Plate); La Voz de Galicia, 26 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  8. "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.
  9. "Batalla en Tucumán". Olé. 5 January 2018.
  10. "Surprise: Batalla leaves Atlético Tucumán". ESPN. 26 June 2018.
  11. "Augusto Batalla will leave Atlético Tucumán". Olé (sports newspaper) Olé]]. 25 June 2018.
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