| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 2000 | ||
| 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 | 151 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2025 | |||
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 Super League club Sion.
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]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vila Nova | 2018 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [a] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sion | 2018-19 | Swiss Super League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019-20 | Swiss Super League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2020-21 | Swiss Super League | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| 2021-22 | Swiss Super League | 25 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2022-23 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2023-24 | Swiss Challenge League | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2024-25 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 131 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 147 | 7 | ||
| Career Total | 131 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 151 | 7 | ||
Batata's real first name is Baltazar after his father, but prefers to go by his childhood nickname (meaning potato in Portuguese). [6]
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