Sergio Batista

Sergio Daniel"Checho"Batista(Spanish pronunciation:[ˈseɾxjoðaˈnjelˈtʃetʃoβaˈtista];born 9 November 1962) is an Argentinefootballmanager and former international player forArgentina.

Sergio Batista

Batista in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Daniel Batista
Date of birth	(1962-11-09)9 November 1962
Place of birth	Buenos Aires,Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Venezuela(General Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1988	Argentinos Juniors	253	(25)
1988–1990	River Plate	52	(2)
1991	Argentinos Juniors	19	(0)
1992–1993	Nueva Chicago	5	(0)
1993–1994	PJM Futures	95	(5)
1997–1999	All Boys	60	(1)
Total		484	(33)
International career
1985–1990	Argentina	39	(0)
Managerial career
2000	Bella Vista
2001–2003	Argentinos Juniors
2003	Talleres
2004	Argentinos Juniors
2004–2005	Nueva Chicago
2007	Godoy Cruz
2007–2009	Argentina U-20/Olympic
2010–2011	Argentina
2012–2014	Shanghai Shenhua
2015–2016	Bahrain
2018–2020	Qatar SC
2023-	Venezuela(General Manager)
Medal record Men'sfootball RepresentingArgentina(as player) FIFA World Cup Winner 1986 Mexico Runner-up 1990 Italy Copa América 1989 Brazil RepresentingArgentina(as manager) Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a footballer he played as amidfielderforArgentinos Juniors,River Plate,Nueva Chicago,Tosu FuturesandAll Boys.He representedhis national team39 times from 1985 to 1990 where the team won the1986 FIFA World Cup.After retiring he moved into coaching withBella Vistabefore returning to his former club Argentinos Juniors, as well as spells atTalleres,Nueva ChicagoandGodoy Cruz.He led theArgentine Olympic teamto the gold medal in the2008 Olympics,which led to him being head coach of theArgentina national football teamfrom July 2010 to July 2011.

Playing career

Club

Batista played youth football inArgentinos Juniors,and debuted with the first team in 1981. With Argentinos, he won the1984 Metropolitanoand1985 Nacionalof theArgentine Primera División,as well as the1985 Copa Libertadores.

In 1988, Batista moved toRiver Plate;they won the1989–90 league title.In 1992, he moved toNueva Chicago.In 1993, he moved toPJM Futuresin Japan. He retired as a player in 1994 and for two years from 1995 served as an assistant coach of 2 Japanese clubs. In 1997, he returned to play forAll Boysin Argentina.

International

After his impressive displays for Argentinos Juniors in the 1985 Copa Libertadores, the Argentine coachCarlos Bilardocalled Batista up for a friendly againstMexicoon 14 November 1985 in a game that ended in a 1–1 draw.With the1986 FIFA World Cupsoon looming, Batista quickly went on to establish himself as a first choice player within theArgentina national football team.Despite his limited international experience, he played each tournament game, Argentina won.An established regular within the squad, Batista played in the1987 Copa América,1989 Copa Américaand1990 FIFA World Cup,which Argentina came runner-up in.

Managerial career

Batista started his managerial career withUruguayanclubBella Vistain 2000. He then had two spells withArgentinos Juniors,one withTalleres de Córdobaand one withNueva Chicago.Between 2005 and 2006, he was assistant toOscar RuggeriinSan Lorenzo.

In October 2007, the former midfielder was appointed as the head coach of theArgentine U-20 national team,replacingHugo Tocalli.He managed the gold medalistArgentina Olympic football teamat the2008 Summer Olympics.

After the2010 World Cup,Argentina national team managerDiego Maradonadid not renew his contract, and Batista was appointed ascaretaker manageron 27 July 2010. In his role, Batista led Argentina to two wins (1–0 overIrelandand 4–1 over World Cup holdersSpain) and suffered a defeat againstJapan0–1. Three months later, he was named the official head coach of the Argentina national team. In his first match after being officialized as Argentina's coach, his team defeatedBrazil1–0, with a 90th-minute goal byLionel Messi. On 25 July 2011, theAFAannounced that Batista had stepped down as manager of the Argentina national team after poor results in theCopa América.

Honours

As a player

Argentinos Juniors

• Argentine Primera División:1984 Metropolitano,1985 Nacional
• Copa Libertadores:1985
• Copa Interamericana:1985

River Plate

• Argentine Primera División:1989–90

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup:1986;runner-up1990

Individual

• South American Team of the Year: 1986, 1988, 1989

As a manager

Argentina

• Summer Olympics TournamentGold Medal:2008

External links

• Sergio Batista–FIFAcompetition record (archived)
• Sergio Batistaat National-Football-Teams.com
• Sergio Daniel Batistaat BDFA(in Spanish)