Mario Bolatti

Mario Bolatti

Bolatti playing for Argentina in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Mario Ariel Bolatti
Date of birth	(1985-02-17) 17 February 1985
Place of birth	La Para, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Belgrano
Number	30
Youth career
1996–2003	Belgrano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Belgrano	86	(1)
2007–2009	Porto	15	(0)
2009	→ Huracán (loan)	36	(5)
2010–2011	Fiorentina	22	(0)
2011–2015	Internacional	30	(1)
2013	→ Racing Club (loan)	16	(0)
2014–2015	→ Botafogo (loan)	36	(4)
2015–	Belgrano	7	(0)
International career
2009–	Argentina	12	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2015

Mario Ariel Bolatti (born 17 February 1985 in La Para, Córdoba Province) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Club Atlético Belgrano.

Club career

He began his career in 2003 at Club Atlético Belgrano. In 2006 his team was promoted to the Argentine Primera División, but the club were relegated after only one season in the top flight. Bolatti was subsequently transferred to Portugal's FC Porto in July 2007, where he signed a 4-year contract. Porto holds 60% economic rights for future transfer fees the club received and unnamed parties holds the remain 40%.

He moved on a six-month loan to Huracán for the 2009 Torneo Clausura upon recommendation from Porto teammate Lucho González. He was selected as the best player in the tournament by Argentine sports daily Olé and was a key player in Huracán's championship bid, which was thwarted by Vélez Sarsfield on the last match.

In July 2009, Porto sold all the economic rights (the 60%) to Natland Financieringsmaatschappij B.V. in order to acquire Radamel Falcao's remain registration rights from the Dutch company. Both economic rights were tagged for €1.5 million, making Bolatti's transfer value at that time worth €2.5 million in total. Porto later retained 20% of his economic rights and received €1 million only from Natland. The retained 20% economic rights "worth" €232,360 in accounting (as a financial asset instead of intangible asset, latter "weathered" by time), the portion of the residual (un-amortized) value of the acquisition costs that Porto paid in 2007. Porto retained the economic rights and the non-dividable registration rights to make Porto the entity to receive transfer fee for Natland and arrange loan deal for the company. In the mean time, Bolatti stayed with Huracán for the 2009 Torneo Apertura.

On 18 January 2010 he was transferred to Italian Serie A club Fiorentina for €3.5 million. Porto received €500,000 for its 20% portion, but using the previous "market" value of €2.5 million as calculation .

On 6 February 2011, Bolatti joined Brazilian Série A club Internacional for €4.5 million. Two years later and after receiving limited playing time during the previous season, Bolatti signed with Argentine side Racing Club de Avellaneda on a six-month loan.

International career

On 14 October 2009 in Montevideo, Uruguay, after coming on as a substitute, Bolatti scored the crucial goal in the 84th minute of the game which ensured Argentina's qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was called up by Maradona for the 2010 FIFA World Cup as part of the 23-man squad.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	14 October 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	2010 World Cup qualification

Honours

Porto

• Portuguese Liga (1): 2007–08

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho (2): 2011, 2012
• Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2011

External links

• Profile on Fiorentina official site – Violachannel.tv
• Guardian statistics
• (Italian) Mario Bolatti. Profile and Video.
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics