Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Batistuta was born on 1 February 1969 , to slaughterhouse worker Omar Batistuta and school secretary Gloria Batistuta , in the town of Avellaneda , , but grew up in the near city of Reconquista .
Simplified: Gabriel Batistuta ( born 1 February 1969 ) is a former Argentine football player .