| Batata | |
| Fullname: | Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Jaraguá, Goiás, Brazil[1] |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Sion |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Vila Nova |
| Years1: | 2018 |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018– |
| Clubs2: | Sion |
| Caps2: | 125 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Club-Update: | 27 May 2024 |
Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira (born 6 May 2000), better known as Batata, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Challenge League club Sion.
Batata began playing senior football with Vila Nova Futebol Clube in the Campeonato Goiano in 2018.
On 17 May 2017, Batata transferred to FC Sion in Switzerland.[2] He made his professional debut for Sion in a 2–1 Swiss Super League loss to FC Lugano on 22 July 2018.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vila Nova | 2018 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Sion | 2018-19 | Swiss Super League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 | Swiss Super League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2020-21 | Swiss Super League | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2021-22 | Swiss Super League | 25 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2022-23 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 | Swiss Challenge League | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2024-25 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 131 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 147 | 7 | |||
| Career Total | 131 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 151 | 7 | |||
Batata's real first name is Baltazar after his father, but prefers to go by his childhood nickname (meaning potato in Portuguese).[4]