José Alberto Batista González (born 6 March 1962) is an

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an retired

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who played as a defender, and a manager. He is best known for having received a

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after 56 seconds – a

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record – in the

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game against

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Club career

Born in

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, Batista played for a number of clubs in Uruguay and Argentina, starting his career with C.A. Cerro and joining giants

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in 1983. In 1985, he joined

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in the latter nation, where he would spend the next decade. Batista made a brief return to his country's top division in 1995, with Rampla Juniors. He spent his final three years with

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, Deportivo Español and

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, the latter in the Argentine second level.

International career

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His debut came on 19 September in a

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with

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, in Montevideo. During the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Batista scored a crucial goal in a 2–1 home triumph over

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, his only for the country; in the final stages' third game, on 13 June 1986, he was

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after less than one minute of play for a reckless challenge on

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, as Uruguay eventually bowed out in the round-of-16.

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National team data
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