Batata
Personal information
Full name Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira
Date of birth (2000-05-06) 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 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

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

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

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. ↑ Oliveira, Wagner. "Promovido ao profissional do Vila Nova, Batata explica apelido e revela inspiração em volante Robston".


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