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João Batista da Silva (born 8 March 1955), known as Batista, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a
defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
. He competed in the men's tournament at the
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and won a gold medal in football at the 1975 Pan American Games.


Club career

Throughout his club career, Batista played for several clubs, mainly
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 (1988–1989). During his time with Internacional, he won three Campeonato Brasileiro Série A titles, in 1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 1975, 1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 1976, and 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 1979.


International career

Batista competed in the men's tournament at the
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, where
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finished in fourth place, and he also won a gold medal in football at the 1975 Pan American Games. Batista won 38 senior international caps for
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from April 1978 to June 1983, but did not score a goal. He played also in two editions of the
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, in 1978 and 1982. In the 1978 tournament, Batista played throughout all seven of Brazil's matches, with the team not losing a single match, and only conceding three goals. Brazil failed to qualify for the final on goal difference, eventually finishing the tournament in third place. In the 1982 World Cup, Batista was a reserve. He played once as a substitute for Zico, coming on in the final minutes of the team's second–round match against
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. Famously,
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was sent off for his foul on Batista after Batista had flattened
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. He was also a member of the Brazil team that finished in third place at the
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.


Style of play

Batista usually played as a
defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
, where he was known for his ability to aid his team defensively, but also had the capacity to help build attacking plays after winning back possession. However, he was also known for his lack of pace.


After retirement

Since retiring, Batista has been working as a commentator for Brazilian television channel RBS, which is part of the Globo TV circuit.


Clubs

*
Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...
: 1973–1981. * Grêmio: 1982. *
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: 1983. *
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: 1983–1985. * Avellino: 1985. * Belenenses: 1985–1987. *
Avaí Avaí is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 milli ...
: 1988–1989.


Honours


Club

Internacional *
Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...
(4): 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981. * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (3): 1975, 1976, 1979. Avaí *
Campeonato Catarinense The Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol, known as Campeonato Catarinense or simply Catarinense, is the main competition of association football from state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil. History The Campeonato Catarinense top level has had several ...
: 1988.


Individual

* Bola de Prata: 1980, 1982.


References


External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Batista 1955 births Footballers from Porto Alegre Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Serie A players Primeira Liga players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Sport Club Internacional players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players U.S. Avellino 1912 players S.S. Lazio players C.F. Os Belenenses players Avaí FC players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Portugal Olympic footballers of Brazil Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players Brazil international footballers Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games