Batista in 2011
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Sergio Daniel Batista | |||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 November 1962 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
1981–1988 | Argentinos Juniors | 253 | (25) | |||||||||
1988–1990 | River Plate | 52 | (2) | |||||||||
1991 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | (0) | |||||||||
1992–1993 | Nueva Chicago | 5 | (0) | |||||||||
1995–1996 | Tosu Futures | 95 | (5) | |||||||||
1997–1999 | All Boys | 60 | (1) | |||||||||
Total | 484 | (33) | ||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||
1985–1990 | Argentina | 39 | (0) | |||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||
2000 | Bella Vista | |||||||||||
2001–2003 | Argentinos Juniors | |||||||||||
2003 | Talleres | |||||||||||
2004 | Argentinos Juniors | |||||||||||
2004–2005 | Nueva Chicago | |||||||||||
2007 | Godoy Cruz | |||||||||||
2007–2010 | Argentina U-20 / Olympic | |||||||||||
2010–2011 | Argentina | |||||||||||
2012–2013 | Shanghai Shenhua | |||||||||||
2014 | Shanghai Shenhua | |||||||||||
2015–2016 | Bahrain | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista (born 9 November 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former international player.
As a footballer he played as a midfield for Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, Nueva Chicago, Tosu Futures and All Boys. He represented his national team 39 times between 1985 and 1990 where he won the 1986 FIFA World Cup. After retiring he moved into coaching with Bella Vista before returning to his former club Argentinos Juniors, as well as spells at Talleres, Nueva Chicago and Godoy Cruz. With the Argentine U23 team ,he won the gold medal in the 2008 Olympics, which led to him being head coach of the Argentina national football team from July 2010 to July 2011.
Batista played youth football in Argentinos Juniors, and debuted with the first team in 1981. With Argentinos, he won the 1984 Metropolitano and 1985 Nacional of the Argentine Primera División, as well as the 1985 Copa Libertadores.