Roberto Miguel Battión (born March 1, 1982, in Santa Fe) is an

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midfielder. He currently plays for

Veria Veria (; ), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-nor ...

of the

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Career

Battión started his professional career in the

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with

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907. Unión is mostly known for its asso ...

in 2002, but at the end of the 2002–03 season the club were relegated due to their poor points average. He stayed with the club for several seasons in the

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before returning to the Primera in 2007 to join

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

. He quickly established himself as a valued member of the first team squad. In 2008 Battión joined

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. Aris FC () , commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club and the most successful and prestigious of the city Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. The team competes in the top-tier Super League Greece an ...

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, but returned to Argentina in 2009 on loan to Banfield, where he was a key member of the squad that won the 2009 Apertura championship appearing in the majority of their games. In July 2010, after his loan contract at Banfield expired, Independiente bought Battión from Aris on a 3 million US dollars fee. Left Independiente in the summer of 2013 and joined Club Atletico All Boys of the first division. On August 18, 2014, Roberto signed in

Παίκτης της Βέροιας ο Roberto Battion
/ref> Roberto scored his first goal with Veria in a home victory against

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club (officially romanized: ''Levadeiakos'' ) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, ...

. He also counts two assists. On 1 February 2015, he was sent off with a second yellow card, for a free kick. He ironically then applauded the referee for that decision,

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was also sent off in 11', and the fans of Veria responded to the applauding as they recognized the message of Battión's action.

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then, attacked towards the player and a mini fight begun into the football field between the players. Battión's action was accept with great enthusiasm from media as well as from the fans of Veria. These events took place in a 2–0 home defeat against

Olympiacos F.C. Olympiacos Football Club ( ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Piraeus. Part of the major Sports club, multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (''Olympiakós Sýnde ...

Battión has an oral renewal contract agreement but he expects for the football court of EPO to decide whether Veria will be relegated if found guilty for the fixed match case against Olympiacos in 2013.

Honours

;Banfield *

(1): 2009 Apertura ;Independiente *

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(1):

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References

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Guardian statistics
* at Fútbol XXI 1982 births Living people Copa Sudamericana–winning players Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Super League Greece players Unión de Santa Fe footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Club Atlético Banfield footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers All Boys footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Veria F.C. players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub