João Batista Casemiro Marques

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João Batista Casemiro Marques (born 4 March 1975 in Santana de Cataguases) is a Brazilian-Turkish former footballer who played the majority of his career in Turkey.^[1]

Career[]

He also played for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Konyaspor in Turkey and Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.

Personal[]

He has dual Turkish citizenship with Mertol Karatay name on his passport.

International career[]

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.

References[]

External links[]

• João Batista Casemiro Marques at WorldFootball.net

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