Career
He also played for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Konyaspor in Turkey and Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine. He has dual Turkish citizenship with Mertol Karatay name on his passport. Having not been capped by the Brazil national football team, Batista has the option of playing for Turkey if called up as Mehmet Aurélio.
He was one of favourite player for Fatih Terim when he played for Galatasaray.
