João Batista Viana Santos (born 20 July 1961 in
Uberlândia,
Brazil), or simply João Batista or Batista, is a Brazilian former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
defender. He won the silver medal at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
with
Brazil. He played mainly for brazilian side
Atlético–MG and portuguese side
Tirsense
Futebol Clube Tirsense, commonly known as just Tirsense, is a Portuguese football club from Santo Tirso, founded on January 5, 1938. They currently play in the Divisão de Elite of AF Porto. They currently play their home games in Abel Alves de ...
where he earned 157 caps and 11 goals and won the 1993–94 Portuguese second division.
Batista profile
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Honours
* II Liga Portuguesa: 1993-94
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1961 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Brazil
Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Serie A players
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's association football defenders
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
Club Athletico Paranaense players
F.C. Tirsense players