João Batista Casemiro Marques (born 4 March 1975) is a former professional

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 the majority of his career in Turkey.

Career

He also played for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Konyaspor in Turkey and Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.

Personal

He has dual Turkish citizenship with Mertol Karatay name on his passport.

International career

Having not been capped by his native Brazil, Batista had the option of playing for Turkey if called up as

Mehmet Aurélio Mehmet Aurélio (born Marco Aurélio Brito dos Prazeres, 15 December 1977) is a Brazilian-born Turkish football coach and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. He was most recently an assistant coach of Fenerbahçe. Club career Th ...

. He was one of favourite player for Fatih Terim when he played for Galatasaray.

References

External links

* Sportspeople from Minas Gerais 1975 births Living people Turkish footballers Brazilian footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Konyaspor footballers Gaziantepspor footballers União São João Esporte Clube players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Brazilian emigrants to Turkey Turkish people of Brazilian descent Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Süper Lig players Ukrainian Premier League players Naturalized citizens of Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Association football midfielders Converts to Islam {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub