Sergio Batista

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Sergio Batista
Personal information
Full nameSergio Daniel Batista
Date of birth (1962-11-09) 9 November 1962
Place of birthBuenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1981–1988Argentinos Juniors253(25)
1988–1990River Plate52(2)
1991Argentinos Juniors19(0)
1992–1993Nueva Chicago5(0)
1995–1996Tosu Futures95(5)
1997–1999All Boys60(1)
Total484(33)
National team
1985–1990Argentina39(0)
Teams managed
2000Bella Vista
2001–2003Argentinos Juniors
2003Talleres
2004Argentinos Juniors
2004–2005Nueva Chicago
2007Godoy Cruz
2007–2010Argentina U-20 / Olympic
2010–2011Argentina
2012–2013Shanghai Shenhua
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista (born 9 November 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer. He played as a midfielder, and represented his national team 39 times between 1985 and 1990.[1] He was head coach of Argentina national football team from July 2010 to July 2011.

Playing career

Club

Batista played youth football in Argentinos Juniors, and debuted with the first team in 1981. With Argentinos, he won the 1984 Metropolitano and 1985 Nacional of the Argentine Primera División, as well as the 1985 Copa Libertadores.

In 1988, Batista moved to River Plate, helping the team to win the 1989–90 league title. Before retiring as a player, Batista played for Nueva Chicago and All Boys in Argentina, as well as Tosu Futures in Japan.

National team

As part of the Argentina national football team, Batista won the 1986 FIFA World Cup and was runner-up of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial career

Batista started his managerial career with Uruguayan club Bella Vista in 2000. He then had two spells with Argentinos Juniors, one with Talleres de Córdoba and another with Nueva Chicago. Between 2005 and 2006, he was assistant to Oscar Ruggeri in San Lorenzo.

In October 2007, the former midfielder was appointed as the head coach of the Argentine under-20 national team, replacing Hugo Tocalli. He also managed the Argentine Olympic football team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

After the 2010 World Cup, Argentine national team manager Diego Maradona did not renew his contract, and Batista was appointed as caretaker manager on 27 July 2010.[2] In his role, Batista led Argentina to two wins (1–0 over Ireland and 4–1 over World Cup holders Spain) and suffered a defeat against Japan 0–1. Three months later, he was named the official head coach of the Argentine national team. In his first match after being officialized as Argentina's coach, his team defeated Brazil 1–0, with a 90th minute goal by Lionel Messi.[3] On 25 July 2011, the AFA announced that Bastita had stepped down as manager of the Argentina national team after poor results in Copa America.[4]


Honours

As a player

Argentinos Juniors
River Plate
Argentina

As a manager

Argentina

References

  1. ↑ rsssf: Argentina record international footballers
  2. ↑ "Sergio Batista succeeds Diego Maradona in Argentina job". BBC Sport. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Sobre la hora: Messi le devolvió al seleccionado la sonrisa del éxito". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 17 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Sergio Batista removed as Argentina coach after poor Copa America". BBC Sport. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011. 

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