Augusto Batalla

Augusto Batalla
Batalla with Unión La Calera in 2019
Personal information
Full name Augusto Martín Batalla Barga[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Rayo Vallecano
(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)
2021–2023 → San Lorenzo (loan) 54 (0)
2024 → Granada (loan) 17 (0)
2024– → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 0 (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 24 May 2024

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

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] On 23 August, after suffering relegation, he moved to fellow league team Rayo Vallecano also in a temporary deal.[14]

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[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 11 July 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  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, nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Augusto Batalla, new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  15. ^ Augusto Batalla at Soccerway
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