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Cristian Battocchio played for which team from 2012 to 2014?
Cristian Battocchio Cristian Damián Battocchio ( ; born 10 February 1992 ) is an Argentine-born Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Japanese club Tokushima Vortis . Battocchio is a central midfielder and deep-lying playmaker . Club career . Udinese . Born in Rosario , Argentina , Battocchio arrived at Italian club Udinese in 2009 at the age of 16 from Newells Old Boys in Argentina for a transfer fee of €200,000 In the 2010–11 season he became the captain of the youth team of Udinese . On 27 February 2011 , he made his debut with the first team of Udinese against Palermo In a historic 7–0 victory for Udinese , coming on from the bench after the game had already been won . On 29 September 2011 , he made his second appearance with the first team in the UEFA Europa League competition , facing Celtic in a 1–1 draw . before the match his first team coach Francesco Guidolin said that Battocchio was now ready for the first team and compared him to David Pizarro , Johan Walem , the youth coach of Udinese , said he is now stable for the first team , has important qualities : vision of the game , a good foot , kick the penalties . He can do well as deep-lying playmaker . Watford . On 30 August 2012 , Battocchio was loaned to Watford , with Watford having the choice to purchase him at the end of the deal . Battocchio played in Watfords 4–0 win over Huddersfield on 19 January , and scored Watfords final goal – his first for the club – with a lovely finish from a beautiful team move which has been described as one of the best team goals ever at Vicarage Road . This goal won Watford Goal Of The Season as voted by the fans and Battocchio was awarded the trophy . Battocchio then scored his second goal for Watford against Blackpool on 9 March 2013 . Battocchio signed for Watford on a permanent basis on 19 July 2013 , with the contract running for a period of three years until 2016 . Battocchio scored his first league goal as a permanent Watford player in a 1–0 win at home to Wigan Athletic on 28 September 2013 . Loan to Virtus Entella . After falling down the pecking order under then Watford manager Beppe Sannino , Battocchio moved on a season-long loan to Serie B side Virtus Entella on 26 August 2014 . Brest . Battocchio left Watford in the summer of 2015 , signing a two-year deal at Stade Brestois 29 on 11 August 2015 . Maccabi Tel Aviv . On 10 July 2017 , Battocchio signed a two-year contract at Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C . with an option to extend for another year . Return to Brest . On 19 January 2019 , Battocchio signed to Brest for the second time . On 3 December 2019 , he scored his first Brest goals ( and Brests first top-flight hat-trick in almost 29 years ) in a 5-0 win over RC Strasbourg . Tokushima Vortis . On 4 February 2021 , Battochio signed with Japanese side Tokushima Vortis . International career . On 9 October 2011 , Battocchio was called up to the Italy U20 squad by coach Luigi Di Biagio . Then on 9 November 2011 he made his debut with Italy U20s in a friendly against Ghana U20s , ending in a 3–0 win for the . He went on to play for Italy at U21 level .