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Sergio Batista 
Personal information Full name Sergio Daniel Batista Date of birth November 9, 1962 Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Defensive midfielder (retired) 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) 1995–1996 Tosu Futures 95 (5) 1997–1999 All Boys 60 (1) National team 1985–1990 Argentina 39 (0) Teams managed 2000 Bella Vista 2001–2003 Argentinos Juniors 2003 Talleres 2004 Argentinos Juniors 2004–2005 Nueva Chicago 2007 Godoy Cruz 2007–2010 Argentina U-20 / Olympic 2010–2011 Argentina HonoursCompetitor for 
ArgentinaMen's Football Gold 2008 Beijing Team competition * 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.
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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] [5]
Honours
As a player
- Argentinos Juniors
- Argentine Primera División (2): 1984 Metropolitano, 1985 Nacional
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1985
- River Plate
- Argentine Primera División (1): 1989–90
- Argentina
- FIFA World Cup (1): 1986
As a manager
- Argentina
- Summer Olympics Tournament Gold Medal (1): 2008
References
- ^ rsssf: Argentina record international footballers
- ^ "Sergio Batista succeeds Diego Maradona in Argentina job". BBC Sport. 3 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9147671.stm. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Sobre la hora: Messi le devolvió al seleccionado la sonrisa del éxito" (in Spanish). Cancha Llena. 2010-11-17. http://www.canchallena.com/1325569-sobre-la-hora-messi-le-devolvio-al-seleccionado-la-sonrisa-del-exito. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- ^ "Sergio Batista removed as Argentina coach after poor Copa America". BBC Sport. 26 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14287825.stm. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ [1]
External links
- Sergio Batista at National-Football-Teams.com
- Statistics at BDFA (Spanish)
Argentina national football team – managers Vázquez (1924–25) · Lago Millán (1927–28) · Olazar (1928–29) · Olazar & Tramutola (1929–30) · Pascucci (1934) · Seoane (1934–37) · Fernández Roca (1937–39) · Stábile (1939–60) · Spinetto (1960–61) · D'Amico (1961) · Lorenzo (1962) · Rossi (1962) · D'Amico (1963) · Minella (1964–65) · Zubeldía (1965) · Lorenzo (1966) · Lopes (1967) · Faraone (1967) · Cesarini (1967–68) · Minella (1968) · Maschio (1969) · Pedernera (1969) · Pizzuti (1970–72) · Sívori (1972–73) · Cap (1974) · Menotti (1974–82) · Bilardo (1982–90) · Basile (1990–94) · Passarella (1994–98) · Bielsa (1998–2004) · Pekerman (2004-06) · Basile (2006–08) · Maradona (2008–10) · Batista (2010–11) · Sabella (2011–)
Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- River Plate footballers
- Nueva Chicago footballers
- All Boys footballers
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1989 Copa América players
- Argentine football managers
- C.A. Bella Vista managers
- Argentinos Juniors managers
- Talleres managers
- Nueva Chicago managers
- All Boys managers
- Godoy Cruz managers
- Argentina national football team managers
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
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