William Batista (footballer)

William Rocha Batista (born 27 July 1980) is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward.

Batista then signed for Bulgarian side Levski Sofia, but having failed to secure a regular place in the first team he moved to the Czech club SFC Opava in 2005.

In a successful two-year spell, Batista regularly featured among the league's top scorers, with ten goals from 24 games in the 2006–2007 season.

However, in January 2008, Batista signed for FC Kharkiv in a UAH 7.6 million joint deal with Karpaty team-mate Alyaksey Suchkow.

After the FC Kharkiv's last match of the year against Metalurh, the head coach Mykhailo Stelmakh stated that he would be forming a completely new team for the second part of the 2008–09 season.