- Grew up in Reconquista, Santa Fe.
- Striker for Newell's Old Boys (Rosario, 1988-89), River Plate (Buenos Aires, 1989-90), Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires, 1990-91), A.C.F. Fiorentina (Italy, 1991-2000), A.S. Roma (Italy, 2000-2003) Inter Milan (Italy, 2003) and Al-Arabi SC (Qatar, 2003-04).
- Over his entire career, he officially scored 356 goals in 632 matches.
- 77 appearances for Argentina National Football Team (1991-2002); scored 54 goals. Member of the Copa América 1991, 1993, 1995, and the USA '94, France '98 and Korea/Japan '02 squads.
- Top Scorer of America Cup (1991, 1995), FIFA Confederations Cup (1992), Serie A (1995), Coppa Italia (1996) and Qatar Stars League (2004).
- Father of, with Irina Fernández, Thiago Batistuta, Lucas Batistuta, Joaquín Batistuta and Shamel Batistuta.
- Member of the Argentina National Football Team who won two Copa América (1991, 1993), the FIFA Confederations Cup (1992) and the Artemio Franchi Trophy (1993).
- Honours with River Plate: Argentine League (1990). Honours with Boca Juniors: Argentine League (1991). Honours with A.C.F. Fiorentina: Serie B (1994); Coppa Italia (1996); Supercoppa Italiana (1996). Honours with A.S. Roma: Serie A (2001); Supercoppa Italiana (2001).
- A.C.F. Fiorentina's all-time top scorer in Serie A.
- 2004: One of FIFA 100 by Pelé.
- Silver Shoe at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
- Won the Argentine Player of the Year award in 1998.
- Named in the ESM Team of the Year in 1999.
- Won the Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year award in 1999.
- Won the Bronze Award at the 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year; also nominee in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000.
- 2005: Retired from football at the age 36.
- Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
- Inducted into the AS Roma Hall of Fame in 2015.
- Inducted into the Fiorentina Hall of Fame in 2015.
- Former Argentina National Football Team's all-time top scorer. This record was broken by Lionel Messi in 2016.
- Seven-time Ballon d'Or nominee (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001).
- Scored goals for Argentina National Football Team and A.C.F. Fiorentina during the finals matches of Copa América (1993), Coppa Italia (1996) and Supercoppa Italiana (1996, 2001).
- Played well over 300 games for A.C.F. Fiorentina.
- Scored 16 hat-tricks in his career against Racing Club de Avellaneda, Foggia Calcio, AC Pisa 1909, Greece National Football Team, Inter Milan, Udinese Calcio, Bosnia-Herzegovina National Football Team, Jamaica National Football Team, A.C. Milan, Cagliari Calcio, Hellas Verona, Venezia FC, Brescia Calcio, Al-Sailiya, Al-Wakrah and Al-Rayyan SC.
- Finished under of the Kurt Hamrin record on the Fiorentina's list of the all-time top goalscorers with 207 goals.
- Played well over 300 games at Serie A.
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