Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira (born 6 May 2000), better known as Batata, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Swiss club FC 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. He made his professional debut for Sion in a 2–1

Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...

loss to FC Lugano on 22 July 2018.

Personal life

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

References

External links

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SFL Profile

FC Sion Profile
2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Goiás Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Swiss Super League players FC Sion players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland {{Switzerland-footy-forward-stub