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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*
Years Team Apps (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.

Career

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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

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Club

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As of match played 13 September 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Goiano
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation play-off

Personal life

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Batata's real first name is Baltazar after his father, but prefers to go by his childhood nickname (meaning potato in Portuguese).[6]

References

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  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".
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