Batata (footballer, born 2000)

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Batata
Personal information
Full name Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira
Date of birth (2000-05-06) 6 May 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Jaraguá, Goiás, Brazil[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
Sion
Number 8
Youth career
2015–2018 Vila Nova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Vila Nova 4 (0)
2018– Sion 102 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023

Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira (born 6 May 2000), better known as Batata, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Challenge League club Sion.

Career[edit]

Batata began playing senior football with Vila Nova Futebol Clube in the Campeonato Goiano in 2018.

On 17 May 2017, Batata transferred to FC Sion in Switzerland.[3] He made his professional debut for Sion in a 2–1 Swiss Super League loss to FC Lugano on 22 July 2018.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Batata's real first name is Baltazar after his father, but prefers to go by his childhood nickname (meaning potato in Portuguese).[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Baltazar". 26 February 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ^ Batata at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ Pereira, Charlie. "Vila Nova oficializa negociação de Philippe e Batata para o Sion". Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Sion vs. Lugano - 22 July 2018". Soccerway.
  5. ^ Oliveira, Wagner. "Promovido ao profissional do Vila Nova, Batata explica apelido e revela inspiração em volante Robston".

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