Daniel Batista

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Personal information
Daniel Batista
Full name	Daniel Batista Lima
Date of birth	September 9, 1964 (1964-09-09) (age 43)
Place of birth	Cape Verde
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Lamia
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1989 1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–1999 1999–2001	Ethnikos Piraeus AEK Athens Olympiacos AEK Athens Aris Thessaloniki Total	067 (14) 090 (39) 078 (16) 077 (28) 005 0(0) 317 (97)
National team
1994–1997	Greece	014 0(2)
Teams managed
2003–2007 2007–2008 2008–	Diagoras Fostiras Lamia (Director of football)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Batista is a former football forward whose career in Greece spanned the 1987 through 2001 seasons.

Batista was born on September 9, 1964, in the Cape Verde islands off the coast of Africa and came to Greece as a European, having acquired first Portuguese and later Dutch citizenship. Batista's uncle, Noni Lima, already had a successful career in Greece at Panionios.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Managing career
4 Honours

[edit] Club career

Batista played for Ethnikos Piraeus from 1987 until 1989 when he moved to AEK Athens FC. At AEK, Batista established himself as one of the best forwards of the Greek Championship, earning himself the nickname "the Gullit of the poor". After the 1992 season, Batista made the jump to AEK's rivals Olympiacos F.C.. He returned to AEK in 1995 and stayed there until the end of the 1999 season when he transferred to Aris Thessaloniki F.C.. Batista retired after the 2001 season.

[edit] International career

Having acquired Greek citizenship he debuted for the Greek national team (October 12, 1994) being the first black man to do so. He played 14 times scoring twice.