Rodrigo Battaglia

Rodrigo Battaglia
Personal information
Full nameRodrigo Andrés Battaglia
Date of birthJuly 12, 1991
Place of birthMorón, Argentina
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Moreirense (on loan from Braga)
Number16
Youth career
Vélez Sársfield
Almagro
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2013Huracán68(3)
2013–2014Racing Club8(0)
2014–Braga6(0)
2014Braga B2(1)
2014−→ Moreirense (loan)17(2)
National team
2011Argentina U-208(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rodrigo Andrés Battaglia (born 12 July 1991) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Moreirense on loan from Braga in Primeira Liga.

Career

Club career

Battaglia spent time in the youth divisions of Vélez Sársfield and Almagro before joining Huracán. He made his professional debut aged 19 as a substitute in a 3–0 away defeat to Racing Club in the Primera División on 2 October 2010.[1] His first goal for the club came on 26 March 2011 in a 2–0 win against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.[2]

In January 2014, Battaglia joined Sporting Braga in Portugal.[3]

International career

Battaglia played for the Argentina U-20 team that finished third in the 2011 South American Youth Championship. As of March 2011 he has made eight appearances at under–20 level.

References

  1. ↑ Huracán: debutaría el juvenil Battaglia at ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Clausura 2011 fecha 7 report
  3. ↑ "Battaglia: "Estou impressionado, o SC Braga é muito grande"" [Battaglia: "I'm impressed, SC Braga is great"] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 12 January 2014.

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