Career
A dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, he is a central midfielder and deep-lying playmaker. Udinese
He arrived at Udinese in 2009 at the age of 16 from Newell"s Old Boys in Argentina at the cost of two-hundred thousand euros In season 2010–2011 he became the captain of the youth team of Udinese. On 29 September 2011, he made his second appearance with the first team in the Union of European Football Associations 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.
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 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.
= 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. Stade Brestois 29
Battocchio left Watford in the summer of 2015, signing a two-year deal at Stade Brestois 29 on 11 August 2015.
On 9 October 2011, Battocchio was called up to the Italy U20 squad by coach Luigi Di Biagio.
He is currently an Italy U21 international.