Roberto Battión

Roberto Battión

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Miguel Battión
Date of birth	March 1, 1982 (1982-03-01)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Independiente
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2007	Unión de Santa Fe	84	(4)
2007–2008	Argentinos Juniors	27	(4)
2008–2010	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	20	(1)
2009–2010	→ Banfield (loan)	30	(3)
2010–	Independiente	21	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:23, 20 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Roberto Miguel Battión (born March 1, 1982 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Independiente of the Argentine Primera División.

Career

Battión started his professional career in the Argentine Primera División with Unión de Santa Fe 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 Argentine second division before returning to the Primera in 2007 to join Argentinos Juniors. He quickly established himself as a valued member of the first team squad.

In 2008 Battión joined Aris Thessaloniki F.C. of Greece, 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.

Honours

Banfield

• Argentine Primera División (1): 2009 Apertura

Independiente

• Copa Sudamericana (1): 2010

External links

• Guardian statistics
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI