Batata (footballer, born 2000)
Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
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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.
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)
| 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 | 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 | 186 | (9) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2026 | |||
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]
| 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 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Campeonato Goiano
- 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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