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 24)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Vila Nova 4 (0)
2018– Sion 125 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

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.

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Career

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]

Career Statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2024 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vila Nova 2018 Série B 00004 [lower-alpha 1] 040
Sion 2018-19 Swiss Super League 9020110
2019-20 Swiss Super League12120141
2020-21 Swiss Super League213202 [lower-alpha 2] 0253
2021-22 Swiss Super League251251
2022-23 Swiss Super League260202 [lower-alpha 2] 0300
2023-24 Swiss Challenge League 32230352
2024-25 Swiss Super League601070
Total1317120401477
Career Total1317120801517
  1. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Goiano
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation play-off

Personal life

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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References

  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. Batata at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  6. Oliveira, Wagner. "Promovido ao profissional do Vila Nova, Batata explica apelido e revela inspiração em volante Robston".