Personal information | |||
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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.
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]
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]
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