Sergio Batista

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Sergio Batista

Full name	Sergio Daniel Batista
Date of birth	November 9, 1962 (1962-11-09) (age 45)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1988 1988-1990 1991 1992-1993 1995-1996 1997-1999	Argentinos Juniors River Plate Argentinos Juniors Nuevo Chicago Tosu Futures All Boys	(See below) 272 (25)
National team
1985-1990	Argentina	39 (0)
Teams managed
2000 2001-2003 2003 2004 2004-2005 2007 2007-present	Bella Vista Argentinos Juniors Talleres Argentinos Juniors Nueva Chicago Godoy Cruz Argentina U-20
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Sergio Daniel Batista (born November 9, 1962 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football midfielder who played 39 times for the Argentina national team between 1985 and 1990.^[1] In October 2007, he was appointed as the head coach of Argentina national under-20 football team, replacing Hugo Tocalli.

[edit] Playing career

Nicknamed El Checho, he started playing in the youth team at Argentinos Juniors, with whom would later win the Metropolitano and the Copa Libertadores 1985.

In 1988 he moved to Club Atlético River Plate where he helped the team to win the 1989-1990 championship. Before retiring as a player Batista played for Nuevo Chicago and All Boys in Argentina and Tosu Futures in Japan.

As part of the Argentina national football team he won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and reached the final in 1990.

Batista started his managerial career with Uruguayan club Bella Vista in 2000 followed by two spells with Argentinos Juniors, one with Talleres de Córdoba and Nueva Chicago.

Between 2005 and 2006 he was assistant to Oscar Ruggeri at San Lorenzo.

Currently the head coach of Argentina's U-20 team.

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd Title)

1 Almirón • 2 Batista • 3 Bochini • 4 Borghi • 5 Brown • 6 Passarella • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Clausen • 9 Cuciuffo • 10 Maradona • 11 Valdano • 12 Enrique • 13 Garré • 14 Giusti • 15 Islas • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Pasculli • 18 Pumpido • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Tapia • 21 Trobbiani • 22 Zelada • Coach: Bilardo

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Pumpido (Comizzo) • 2 Batista • 3 Balbo • 4 Basualdo • 5 Bauza • 6 Calderón • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Caniggia • 9 Dezotti • 10 Maradona • 11 Fabbri • 12 Goycochea • 13 Lorenzo • 14 Giusti • 15 Monzón • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Sensini • 18 Serrizuela • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Simón • 21 Troglio • 22 Cancelarich • Coach: Bilardo

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