Football - BATISTA Fernando

He played professional football in Argentina for Argentinos Juniors, San Lorenzo, Godoy Cruz and All Boys before retiring in 2000 to focus on coaching at youth level. (lanacion.com.ar, 07 Feb 2020)

He was head coach of the Argentina U23 men's football team that won the 2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia, which earned the team qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (conmebol.com, 10 Feb 2020)

He guided the Argentina U23 men's football team to the gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (mundoalbiceleste.com, 11 Aug 2019)

He led the Argentina U20 men's football team to the last 16 at the 2019 U20 World Cup in Poland. (fifa.com, 04 Jun 2019)

He was head coach of the Argentina U20 men's football team that finished runners-up at the 2019 South American U20 Championship in Chile. (fifa.com, 11 Feb 2019)

2019

In December 2018 he became head coach of the Argentina U20 men's football team.

He was head coach of the Armenia U18 and U19 men's football teams between January and October 2018. Before that he was the assistant coach of the Argentina U20 men's football team between 2016 and 2017. He has also held coaching roles with Argentinian football teams San Lorenzo and Argentinos Juniors.