Laurent Batlles

Football player infobox
playername = Laurent Batlles


fullname = Laurent Batlles
nickname =
height = 174 cm
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|9|23
cityofbirth = Nantes
countryofbirth = France
currentclub = Grenoble Foot
clubnumber = 10
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1994-1999
1999-2001
2002
2003
2004-2006
2005-2006
2006-2008
2008-
clubs = Toulouse FC
FC Bordeaux
Stade Rennes
SC Bastia
Olympique Marseille
→Toulouse FC (loan)
Toulouse FC
Grenoble Foot
caps(goals) = 159 (10)
70 (3)
28 (2)
38 (4)
49 (11)
31 (3)
53 (5)
6 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 30/09/2008

Laurent Batlles (born 23 September 1975 in Nantes) is a French footballer, who currently plays for Grenoble Foot 38, as a midfielder.

Club career

In 1993-94, Batlles emerged from the Toulouse FC academy into the senior squad, playing his first game against Olympique Lyon, on April 2, 1994, a 1-0 defeat.

In 1999, Batlles joined Girondins de Bordeaux after scoring 10 goals in 159 games. At Girondins, he played exactly half of the 1999-2000 season, adding eight games in Bordeaux's Champions League campaign, scoring one goal. The following season he scored three in 32 appearances. He then played 19 league games and 6 in the UEFA Cup, before completing the 2001-02 season with Stade Rennais, where he scored 2 goals in 13 games.

In January 2003, Batlles moved to Corsica and SC Bastia. He played in the remaining 19 games for the Corsicans, but failed to score. Battles starred in the first 19 games of 2003-04, before joining Olympique de Marseille, in another January transfer window move.

In one-and a half seasons with "l'OM", Batlles scored three goals in 15 games and played in eight of the team's UEFA Cup matches, which included the final they lost 2-0 to Valencia CF. The following season, he scored eight goals in 30 matches. After starting 2005-06 at Marseille (4 appearances), he rejoined Toulouse, initially on loan, scoring three times in 31 games.

Battles joined permanently in 2006-07, after a successful loan spell. The season was tremendous individually (31 games, 4 goals) and collectively, as Toulouse finished third in "Ligue 1" and reached the third qualifying round of the Champions League, eventually bowing out to Liverpool FC.

In 2008-09, 33-year old Batlles joined newly promoted Grenoble Foot 38.

External links

* [http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2549.html "L'Équipe" stats] fr icon