Pablo Batalla

Pablo Batalla (2012 )

Pablo Martín Batalla ( born January 16, 1984 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine football player.

Career

Batalla started his career in 2003 with the Argentine club Velez Sarsfield CA. From 2005 to 2008 he was at CF Pachuca, Quilmes AC, Gimnesia LP and Deportivo Cali under contract. For the 2009/10 season he signed for Bursaspor and has been with the association of Turkish masters. 2010/11 he started with Bursa then in the Champions League. He also scored the first ever goal for Bursaspor in the Champions League.

After the 2013/14 season Christoph Daum was presented at Bursaspor as head coach, Batalla experienced with thumb several conflicts. End of November 2013 left without notice to Turkey, leaving his manager about the club announce want to work for personal reasons with thumb. Bursaspor drew a long time on the valid contract with Batalla and did not want to dissolve announce Batallas contract. In the spring of 2014 Batalla moved against a transfer fee of 3.5 million euros for Chinese club Beijing Guoan.

Achievements

• Turkish champions: 2009/10
• Turkish Cup Runners-up: 2011/12

Awards

• Player of the Year 2012 by Goal.com
• Most Assists ( 13) in the Süper Lig 2012/13

Trivia

• With his goal from the league game on October 21, 2013 against Kayserispor he scored his 52nd goal for Bursaspor, becoming the foreign players with the most goals for this club.