José Batista

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1962)}}

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| name = José Batista

| image =

| fullname = José Alberto Batista González

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|3|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Colonia, Uruguay

| height = {{height|m=1.66}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 1979–1983

| years2 = 1984–1985

| years3 = 1985–1995

| years4 = 1995

| years5 = 1996–1998

| years6 = 1998–1999

| years7 = 1999–2000

|clubs1=C.A. Cerro

|clubs2=Club Atlético Peñarol

| clubs3 = Deportivo Español

| clubs4 = Rampla Juniors

| clubs5 = Gimnasia Jujuy

| clubs6 = Deportivo Español

| clubs7 = Argentino Quilmes

| caps1 = 46

| caps2 = 42

| caps3 = 328

| caps4 = 9

| caps5 = 47

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| goals1 = 6

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 20

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 3

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1984–1993

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps1 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs1 = Deportivo Español

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|URU}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions}}

{{Medal|RU|1985 France|}}

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{{family name hatnote|Batista|González|lang=Spanish}}

José Alberto Batista González (born 6 March 1962) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a defender, and a manager.

He is best known for having received a red card after 56 seconds – a World Cup record – in the 1986 game against Scotland.{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records|page=168|year=2007|publisher=HIT Entertainment|location=London; New York City}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145231/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2215721.ece Football's 50 greatest hard men]{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851 |title=Top 50 hardest footballers |publisher=Empire |date=13 August 2007 |access-date=1 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019002225/http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851 |archive-date=19 October 2015 }}