José Alberto Batista González (born 6 March, 1962 in Colonia) is a retired Uruguayan football defender who works as the manager of former club Deportivo Español of Argentina.

He is best known for having received a red card after 56 seconds – a FIFA World Cup record - in the 1986 World Cup game against Scotland on June 13, 1986,^[1][2]a game that ended in a 0-0 draw.

[edit] Football career

Batista played for a number of clubs in Uruguay and Argentina, starting his career with C.A. Cerro, and joining country giants Club Atlético Peñarol in 1983.

In 1985 Batista joined Deportivo Español of Argentina, where he would spend the next decade. He made a brief return to Uruguayan football in 1995, with Rampla Juniors.

He spent his final three years with Gimnasia de Jujuy, Deportivo Español and Argentino de Quilmes, the latter in the Argentine second division.

Batista made a total of 14 appearances for the Uruguay national team, between 1984 and 1993.^[3]

His debut came on September 19, in a friendly match with Peru, in Montevideo. During the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, he scored a crucial goal in a 2-1 home triumph over Chile, his only for the country; in the final stages, he was sent off after less than one minute of play for a reckless challenge on Scotland's Gordon Strachan,^[2]as Uruguay eventually bowed out in the round-of-16.

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• National team data (Spanish)
• NationalFootballTeams data

v • d • e Uruguay squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Rodríguez • 2 Gutiérrez • 3 Acevedo • 4 Diogo • 5 Bossio • 6 Batista • 7 Alzamendi • 8 Barrios • 9 da Silva • 10 Francescoli • 11 Santín • 12 Alvez • 13 Vega • 14 Pereyra • 15 Rivero • 16 Saralegui • 17 Zalazar • 18 Paz • 19 Ramos • 20 Aguilera • 21 Cabrera • 22 Otero • Coach: Borrás

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