João Batista Casemiro Marques

João Batista
Personnel
Surname	João Batista Casemiro Marques
birthday	March 4th 1975
place of birth	Santana de Cataguases ,  Brazil
size	175 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1996-1997	Gaziantepspor	19 (3)
1997-2000	União São João
2001-2002	Gaziantepspor	39 (2)
2002-2004	Galatasaray Istanbul	49 (2)
2004-2005	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)
2005-2008	Konyaspor	61 (1)
2008-2009	Kasımpaşa Istanbul	20 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

João Batista Casemiro Marques (born March 4, 1975 in Santana de Cataguases ) also known as Mertol Karatay in Turkey , is a former Brazilian football player who also has Turkish nationality .

Career

João Batista played his first professional season in Turkey with Gaziantepspor . In his debut season, he made 19 appearances for the first division and scored three goals. Batista returned to Brazil after one season and played for União São João for three years . The midfielder signed another time with Gaziantepspor and played for the red and black until January 2002 . In January 2002, João Batista moved to Galatasaray Istanbul , where he became Turkish football champion for the first time at the end of the season. For Galatasaray he came to 49 league games and scored two goals.

In the summer of 2004, the Brazilian left Turkey and moved to Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine . After just one season he left Shakhtar, during which time Batista only played in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup . Engagements with Konyaspor and Kasımpaşa Istanbul followed . After the 2008/09 season, João Batista Casemiro Marques ended his active career.

successes

With Galatasaray Istanbul

• Turkish football champion : 2001/02

Web links

• João Batista in the database of transfermarkt.de
• João Batista in the database of weltfussball.de