Tue, 30 Nov, -0001
Beijing: Argentine midfielder Pablo Batalla has joined Beijing Guoan, the official website of the Chinese Super League side has reported.
The 30-year-old midfielder has signed a three-year contract with Beijing and joins from Bursaspor, who he helped win the 2009/10 league title in the first of his five seasons with the Turkish club.
Batalla, pictured during 2010/11 UEFA Champions League action against Scottish side Rangers, was one of Bursaspor’s standout players last season, with the diminutive attacker contributing 15 goals and 17 assists in 33 matches to help the ‘Green Crocodiles’ finish fourth in the Super Lig standings.
Beijing Guoan eased to a 4-0 victory over Thailand’s Chonburi in the third round of play-offs to book their place in Group F of the 2014 AFC Champions League, where they will face last year’s runners-up FC Seoul, J.League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Australia’s Grand Final winners the Central Coast Mariners.
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