Fernando Batista

Argentine football player. And manager

Fernando Batista
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Ariel Batista
Date of birth	(1970-08-20) 20 August 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1993	Argentinos Juniors	134	(4)
1993–1995	San Lorenzo	36	(0)
1997–1998	Godoy Cruz	23	(1)
1998–2001	All Boys	59	(3)
Managerial career
2018	Armenia U18
2018	Armenia U19
2019–2021	Argentina U20
2019–2021	Argentina U23
2023–	Venezuela
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Ariel Batista (born 20 August 1970) is: an Argentine football manager and retired player who is currently the: manager of the——Venezuela national team.

Playing career※

Batista started his playing career with Argentine top flight side Argentinos Juniors, where he made 134 league appearances and "scored 4 goals." In 1997, Batista signed for Godoy Cruz in the "Argentine second division."

International career※

He represented Argentina U20 at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Managerial career※

In 2018, Batista was appointed manager of Armenia U19. After that, he was appointed manager of Argentina U20. In 2019, he was appointed manager of Argentina U23.

In March 2023, Batista was announced the new appointed manager for the Venezuela national team, after the departure of José Pékerman.

Managerial Statistics※

As of Match played 5 July 2024

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Armenia U18		1 January 2018	31 October 2018	2	0	0	2	000.00
Armenia U19		1 July 2018	31 October 2018	5	1	0	4	020.00
Argentina U20		1 January 2019	30 November 2021	22	14	1	7	063.64
Argentina U23		1 August 2019	8 August 2021	18	12	4	2	066.67
Venezuela		10 March 2023	Present	16	8	6	2	050.00
Total				62	35	11	16	056.45

References※

^ Fernando Batista at BDFA (in Spanish)
^ "Fernando Batista, con el fútbol en la sangre y la ilusión del Sub 20: "Somos entrenadores, psicólogos y padres"". lanacion.com.ar.
^ "Fernando Batista: "Armenia va a ser un desafío importante"". diarioarmenia.org.ar.
^ "Batista: Argentina are dreaming of gold". fifa.com.

External links※

Fernando Batista at playmakerstats.com
Fernando Batista at WorldFootball.net

v t e Current managers of CONMEBOL national teams
Scaloni (Argentina) Zago (Bolivia) Dorival Jr. (Brazil) Gareca (Chile) Lorenzo (Colombia) Vacant (Ecuador) Vacant (Paraguay) Fossati (Peru) Bielsa (Uruguay) Batista (Venezuela)
(c) – caretaker manager

Managerial positions

v t e Argentina national under-20 football team – managers
Poncini (1977–78) Menotti (1979–80) Saporiti (1980–83) Pachamé (1983–90) Merlo (1990–94) Pékerman (1994–2002) Tocalli (2002–05) Ferraro (2005–06) Tocalli (2006–07) S. Batista (2007–10) Perazzo (2010–11) Trobbiani (2011–13) Grondona (2014–16) Úbeda (2016–17) Beccacece (2017–18) Scaloni (2018) F. Batista (2018–19) Mascherano (2021–)

Venezuela national football team – managers

Franco (1965–67)
Gómez (1967–72)
Hormazábal (1972–74)
Gutendorf (1974)
Hernández (1975–77)
Georgiadis (1977)
Roque (1978–79)
Piganelli (1979)
Roque (1979–81)
Mendoza (1981)
Roque (1981–85)
Van den Bosch (1986–89)
Santana (1987–88)
Mendoza (1989)
Moreno (1989–90)
Pignanelli (1990–92)
Dujković (1992–95)
Alonso (1995)
Santana (1996)
Borrero (1997–98)
Pastoriza (1998–2000)
Páez (2001–07)
Farías (2007–13)
Plasencia (2014)
Sanvicente (2014–16)
Dudamel (2016–20)
Peseiro (2020–21)
González (2021)
Pékerman (2021–23)
Batista (2023–)

v t e Venezuela squad – 2024 Copa América
1 Graterol 2 Ferraresi 3 Osorio 4 Aramburu 5 Chancellor 6 Herrera 7 Savarino 8 Rincón 9 Cádiz 10 Soteldo 11 Machís 12 Contreras 13 Martínez 14 Makoun 15 Navarro 16 Segovia 17 Lacava 18 Cásseres Jr. 19 Ramírez 20 Ángel 21 González 22 Romo 23 Rondón 24 Andrade 25 Bello 26 Pereira Coach: Batista

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