João Batista (footballer, born 1975)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | João Batista Casemiro Marques | ||
Date of birth | 4 March 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Santana de Cataguases, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2001 | Gaziantepspor | ||
2001–2004 | Galatasaray | 59 | (2) |
2004–2005 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Konyaspor | 61 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Kasımpaşa | 18 | (2) |
Total | 168 | (8) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
João Batista Casemiro Marques (born 4 March 1975) is a former professional footballer who played the majority of his career in Turkey.[1]
Career
[edit]João Batista played for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Konyaspor in Turkey and Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.
International career
[edit]Having not been capped by his native Brazil, Batista had the option of playing for Turkey if called up as Mehmet Aurélio. He was one of favourite player for Fatih Terim when he played for Galatasaray.
Personal life
[edit]João Batista has dual Turkish citizenship with Mertol Karatay name on his passport.
References
[edit]- ^ "João Batista". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- João Batista at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Brazilian emigrants to Turkey
- Turkish people of Brazilian descent
- Turkish men's footballers
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Footballers from Minas Gerais
- Men's association football midfielders
- Süper Lig players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Konyaspor footballers
- Gaziantepspor footballers
- União São João Esporte Clube players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Converts to Islam
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs
- Turkish football midfielder stubs