Augusto Batalla

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.

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
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)

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. "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. "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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