Augusto Martín Batalla Barga (born 30 April 1996) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a goalkeeper for

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, on loan from River Plate. He is a former

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's international.

Club career

Batalla is product of the River Plate academy, which he joined as a five-year old. In 2015, River Plate accepted a loan offer from

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side

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for Batalla with the option of a permanent move. However, Batalla turned down the move to Real Madrid for personal reasons. He made his first-team debut in 2016 and was promoted by Manager

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as first-choice goalkeeper after

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left the club. Batalla remained as the club's first choice goalkeeper, initially impressing, winning the

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and the

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titles, before losing his place after errors and the signing of German Lux in June 2017. After falling further down the pecking order after the signing of

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goalkeeper

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in January 2018. On 5 January 2018, Batalla signed a one-year loan deal with fellow

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side

Atlético Tucumán Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its fo ...

. After impressing and helping the club progress in the

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, On 25 June, Batalla announced on his social media he would be leaving Atlético Tucumán from his loan spell early. On 3 January 2024, Batalla joined Spanish

club

on loan for the remainder of the season, with the option to make the move permanent.

International career

He has represented Argentina at various youth levels, including winning

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in 2013 for the Argentina U17 's where he won the Best goalkeeper of the

's and he also won the

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for the

in 2015.

Career Statistics

Honours

Club ;River Plate *

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: 2015–16 ;Argentina U17 *

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;Argentina U20 *

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Individual *Best goalkeeper of the

. *

Team of the Season:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Batalla, Augusto 1996 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Atlético Tucumán footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers Unión La Calera footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Granada CF footballers Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Spain