Roberto Batres Díaz (born 8 January 1986) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Batres joined

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

's youth ranks at the age of 10. After one season with the C-team in the Tercera División, he went on to represent the reserves for the following six years in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

, scoring nine goals in only 15 games in 2007–08. In July 2009, Batres was loaned to Albacete Balompié on a six-month deal, but failed to make an impact at the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

side, playing just 16 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

. The following January, he joined Chinese club

Shanghai Shenhua F.C. Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in E ...

on loan until the end of the campaign; however, he suffered another serious knee injury and returned to Madrid for surgery and rehabilitation. In early December 2010, Batres returned to action for Atlético B. In late August 2011 he left the Vicente Calderón Stadium and signed for CD Alcoyano, recently promoted to the second level. After only playing 289 minutes in the first half of 2011–12, Batres was fired in late December for comments made on Facebook in which he implied he would not return to the team if he won the lottery. He then moved to the Netherlands, signing with AGOVV Apeldoorn on 31 January 2012; he failed to make a single appearance for his new club and returned home, going on to represent

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

and SD Huesca of the third tierRoberto Batres se suma al ataque (Roberto Batres added to offence)
Diario del AltoAragón, 17 July 2013 (in Spanish) before retiring at the age of 28.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Batres, Roberto 1986 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Madrid C players Atlético Madrid B players Albacete Balompié players CD Alcoyano footballers CD Leganés players SD Huesca footballers Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players AGOVV players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands