[2] Born in Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Roberto Batata started his professional career playing for América-MG, leaving the club to join Cruzeiro in 1969.
[2] Roberto Batata played six Copa América games in 1975, scoring three goals.
[4] Batata died on May 13, 1976, in Belo Horizonte, after a car crash at Rodovia Fernão Dias when he was traveling to Três Corações to visit his wife Denize and his eleven-month son Leonardo.
[2] The accident happened one day after he played his last game for Cruzeiro, in which he helped his team beat Alianza Lima of Peru 4–0, scoring one of the goals.
[2] Roberto Batata is buried in Cemitério Bonfim - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais