Baltasar Sánchez Martín (born 9 May 1962), commonly known as Balta, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender.
[3] Shortly after his retirement, Balta started working as an assistant manager at his only club, acting as an occasional interim coach.
[4] In November 2003, Balta was named Zamora CF manager,[5] and led the side to the play-offs final in 2005, losing to CD Castellón on the away goals rule.
[11] Balta returned to Zamora on 30 April 2015, tasked with saving the team from relegation in the last three games of the third-tier campaign.
[12] They descended to Tercera División, and won their group the next season, but he was sacked on 5 June 2016 after a 3–1 loss to UD Mutilvera in the first leg of the second round of the play-offs.