Belén Potassa

María Belén Potassa (born 12 December 1988), known as Belén Potassa, is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Segunda División Pro club Fundación Albacete[1] and the Argentina women's national team.[2]

Belén Potassa
Personal information
Full name María Belén Potassa
Date of birth (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988
Place of birth Cañada Rosquín, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Fundación Albacete
Number 18
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– Fundación Albacete 4 (3)
National team‡
2006–2008 Argentina U-20 10+ (6)
2006– Argentina 17 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct 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 Cup 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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
10 November 2006Estadio 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 2015Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Canada Trinidad and Tobago
2–1
2–2
2015 Pan American Games

References

Notes

  1. 2015 Pan American Games matches are not recognised by FIFA.[4]

Citations

  1. "Belén cree" (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. Agramonte, Ismael (25 July 2014). ""Vengo a aportar goles y sacrificio"". UAI Urquiza (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. Belén Potassa – FIFA competition record
  4. Live Scores - Argentina - Women's - Matches (2015). FIFA-.com.


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