Pablo Batalla

Summary

Pablo Martín Batalla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo βaˈtaʝa];[a] born January 16, 1984), is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Deportivo Roca where he also works as a sporting director.

Pablo Batalla
Personal information
Full name Pablo Martín Batalla
Date of birth (1984-01-16) January 16, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Roca
(player & sporting director)
Youth career
Deportivo Roca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Vélez Sársfield 41 (1)
2005 C.F. Pachuca 10 (0)
2006 Vélez Sársfield 8 (0)
2007 Quilmes 17 (3)
2007 Gimnasia LP 14 (1)
2008 Quilmes 0 (0)
2008 Deportivo Cali 28 (4)
2009–2014 Bursaspor 142 (42)
2014–2015 Beijing Guoan 50 (18)
2016–2018 Bursaspor 74 (17)
2019– Deportivo Roca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2018

Career edit

Batalla started his career with Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield in 2003, he has had two spells with the club, also playing for C.F. Pachuca in Mexico and for Quilmes Atlético Club during their relegation season in Clausura 2007.

Batalla signed for Bursaspor for the start of the Turkish Super League 2009–2010 season.

On 19 February 2014, Batalla transferred to Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan[1] but returned to Bursaspor in late January 2016.[2] He scored his first goal at the 2015–16 season of the Süper Lig against Eskişehirspor on 27 February 2016.[3]

Later career edit

In August 2019, Batalla returned to Deportivo Roca as a sporting director and player.[4] He got his debut as a player on 9 September 2019.[5]

Club edit

As of 11 September 2016[6]
Club Season League Cup International Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Cali 2009 20 10 0 0 0 0 20 10
Bursaspor 2009–10 25 8 0 0 0 0 25 8
2010–11 32 3 3 0 3 1 38 4
2011–12 40 13 4 2 4 0 48 15
2012–13 33 15 4 1 4 3 41 19
2013–14 11 3 0 0 2 1 13 4
2015–16 14 3 0 0 0 0 14 3
2016–17 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
Total for Bursaspor 158 47 11 3 13 5 182 35
Beijing Guoan 2014 20 8 0 0 0 0 20 8
2015 30 10 0 0 9 4 39 14
Total for Beijin Guoan 50 18 0 0 9 4 59 22
Career Total 228 55 11 3 22 9 261 67

Honours edit

Vélez Sársfield

Bursaspor

Notes edit

  1. ^ In isolation, Batalla is pronounced [baˈtaʝa].

References edit

  1. ^ 国安官方宣布签约土超助攻王 at sports.sina.com 2014-02-19 Retrieved 2014-02-19
  2. ^ "Batalla imzalıyor! - Bursasporluyuz.Org". www.bursasporluyuz.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31.
  3. ^ "Eskişehirspor 0-1 Bursaspor".
  4. ^ Batalla asumió como director deportivo del “Depo”, lasuperdigital.com.ar, 5 August 2019
  5. ^ Sueño cumplido para Pablo Batalla: de la Champions a su amado Roca, lmneuquen.com, 9 September 2019
  6. ^ "Pablo Batalla". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links edit

  • Pablo Batalla at Soccerway
  • Argentine Primera statistics at Futbolxxi.com (in Spanish)
  • Profile at BDFA (in Spanish)