Belén Potassa
Argentine footballer (born 1988)
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María Belén Potassa (born 12 December 1988), known as Belén Potassa, is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Peluquería Mixta Friol.[1] She has been a member of the Argentina women's national team.[2]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | María Belén Potassa | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Cañada Rosquín, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Peluquería Mixta Friol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Rosario Central | ||
| 2007 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 2007–2010 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 2010–2014 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 2014–2019 | UAI Urquiza | ||
| 2019–2020 | Fundación Albacete | 4 | (3) |
| 2020-2021 | Cordoba CF | 15 | (3) |
| 2021-2022 | Real Unión de Tenerife | 26 | (8) |
| 2022 | Monte | ||
| 2023-2024 | FF La Solana | 40 | (3) |
| 2024- | Peluquería Mixta Friol | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2008 | Argentina U-20 | 10+ | (6) |
| 2006–2019 | Argentina | 17 | (5) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:40, 14 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
She previously played for the women's teams of Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, Santiago Morning (in Chile) and Boca Juniors before joining UAI Urquiza in July 2014.[2]
International career
Potassa represented Argentina at the 2006 South American U-20 Women's Championship, 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3] At senior level, she played the 2006 South American Women's Football Championship, three Pan American Games editions (2007, 2011 and 2015),[note 1] the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2018 Copa América Femenina.
International goals
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 10 November 2006 | Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Uruguay | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2006 South American Women's Football Championship |
| 2 | 12 November 2006 |  Chile | 1–0 | 8–0 | ||
| 3 | 3–0 | |||||
| 4 | 26 November 2006 |  Brazil | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | 11 July 2015 | Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Canada |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2015 Pan American Games |
