Facundo Agustín Batista Ochoa (born 16 January 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Necaxa.[1]
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Full name | Facundo Agustín Batista Ochoa | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-01-16) January 16, 1999 (age 23) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Necaxa | |||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Siete Estrellas | ||||||||||||||||
Danubio | ||||||||||||||||
Defensor Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Chiasso | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2019 | → Ponte Preta (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Académico Viseu (loan) | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Deportivo Maldonado (loan) | 40 | (16) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Necaxa | 36 | (8) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Uruguay U18 | 9 | (6) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (4) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 10 October 2022 (UTC) |
Batista played baby football for Siete Estrellas before joining Danubio. He left the club following an argument with a coach and joined rivals Defensor Sporting.[2] In August 2018, he joined Swiss second division club Chiasso. He joined Brazilian club Ponte Preta on loan in March 2019.[3]
Batista joined Portuguese club Académico Viseu on loan in August 2019.[4] He played eight matches for the club and scored a goal before terminating his contract in January 2020.[5]
Batista returned to Uruguay in January 2020 by signing for Deportivo Maldonado on a loan deal. He scored 16 goals from 40 matches for the club before terminating his contract on 30 June 2021.
On 17 September 2021, Batista joined Mexican club Necaxa.[6]
Batista is a former Uruguayan youth international.[7] He was part of Uruguay squad which finished as third at 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[8]
Uruguay U20
Club Necaxa – current squad | |
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