Sergio Batista

Sergio Batista

Batista in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Daniel Batista
Date of birth	(1962-11-09) 9 November 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Venezuela (General Manager)
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)
1993–1994	PJM Futures	95	(5)
1997–1999	All Boys	60	(1)
Total		484	(33)
International career
1985–1990	Argentina	39	(0)
Managerial career
2000	Bella Vista
2001–2003	Argentinos Juniors
2003	Talleres
2004	Argentinos Juniors
2004–2005	Nueva Chicago
2007	Godoy Cruz
2007–2009	Argentina U-20 / Olympic
2010–2011	Argentina
2012–2014	Shanghai Shenhua
2015–2016	Bahrain
2018–2020	Qatar SC
2023-	Venezuela (General Manager)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina (as player) FIFA World Cup Winner 1986 Mexico Runner-up 1990 Italy Copa América 1989 Brazil Representing  Argentina (as manager) Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈseɾxjo ðaˈnjel ˈtʃetʃo βaˈtista];^[a] 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 from 1985 to 1990 where the team won the 1986 FIFA World Cup.^[2] 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 Olympic 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.

Playing career

Club

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.^[3]

In 1988, Batista moved to River Plate; they won the 1989–90 league title. In 1992, he moved to Nueva Chicago. In 1993, he moved to PJM Futures in Japan. He retired as a player in 1994 and for two years from 1995 served as an assistant coach of 2 Japanese clubs. In 1997, he returned to play for All Boys in Argentina.

International

After his impressive displays for Argentinos Juniors in the 1985 Copa Libertadores, the Argentine coach Carlos Bilardo called Batista up for a friendly against Mexico on 14 November 1985 in a game that ended in a 1–1 draw.^[4] With the 1986 FIFA World Cup soon looming, Batista quickly went on to establish himself as a first choice player within the Argentina national football team. Despite his limited international experience, he played each tournament game, Argentina won.^[5] An established regular within the squad, Batista played in the 1987 Copa América, 1989 Copa América and 1990 FIFA World Cup, which Argentina came runner-up in.

Managerial career

Batista started his managerial career with Uruguayan club Bella Vista in 2000. He then had two spells with Argentinos Juniors, one with Talleres de Córdoba and one with Nueva Chicago. Between 2005 and 2006, he was assistant to Oscar Ruggeri in San Lorenzo.

In October 2007, the former midfielder was appointed as the head coach of the Argentine U-20 national team, replacing Hugo Tocalli. He managed the gold medalist Argentina Olympic football team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

After the 2010 World Cup, Argentina national team manager Diego Maradona did not renew his contract, and Batista was appointed as caretaker manager on 27 July 2010.^[6] In his role, Batista led Argentina to two wins (1–0 over Ireland and 4–1 over World Cup holders Spain) and suffered a defeat against Japan 0–1. Three months later, he was named the official head coach of the Argentina national team. In his first match after being officialized as Argentina's coach, his team defeated Brazil 1–0, with a 90th-minute goal by Lionel Messi.^[7] On 25 July 2011, the AFA announced that Batista had stepped down as manager of the Argentina national team after poor results in the Copa América.^[8]

Honours

As a player

Argentinos Juniors

• Argentine Primera División: 1984 Metropolitano, 1985 Nacional
• Copa Libertadores: 1985
• Copa Interamericana: 1985

River Plate

• Argentine Primera División: 1989–90

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup: 1986; runner-up 1990

Individual

• South American Team of the Year: 1986, 1988, 1989

As a manager

Argentina

• Summer Olympics Tournament Gold Medal: 2008

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sergio Batista.

• Sergio Batista – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Sergio Batista at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sergio Daniel Batista at BDFA (in Spanish)

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