# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joao-batista-viana-dos-santos
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:09:51.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joao-batista-viana-dos-santos"
name: "João Batista Viana dos Santos"
slug: "joao-batista-viana-dos-santos"
description: "João Batista Viana Santos, or simply João Batista or Batista, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Brazil. He played mainly for brazilian side Atlético–MG and Portuguese side Tirsense where he earned 157 caps and 11 goals and won the 1993–94 Portuguese second division."
tagline: "Brazilian association football player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1961-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.272426666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_Viana_dos_Santos"
    title: "João Batista Viana dos Santos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جواو باتيستا فيانا سانتوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جواو باتيستا فيانا سانتوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_(footballer%2C_born_1961)"
    title: "João Batista (footballer, born 1961)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ژوئاون باتیستا ویانا سانتوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batista_(football%2C_1961)"
    title: "Batista (football, 1961)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_Viana_dos_Santos"
    title: "João Batista Viana dos Santos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batista_(ur._1961)"
    title: "Batista (ur. 1961)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_Viana"
    title: "João Batista Viana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3810705"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump