Osvaldo Potente
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osvaldo Rubén Potente | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
Osvaldo Potente (born November 16 1951 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football striker. He currently played in Argentina and Bolivia as well as representing the Argentina national football team on three occasions.
Biography
Potente started his career in 1971 and went on to become one of Boca Juniors' most prolific goalscorers. In his two spells with the club he managed 79 goals in 195 league games, leaving him in 11th place in the list of Boca Juniors topscorers. Potente is fondly remembered by the Boca Juniors fans for the fact that he scored a total of 7 goals in superclásico derby matches against fierce rivals River Plate. he is still tied with Hugo Curioni as Boca's 2nd most prolific player in the superclásico.
In 1976 Potente fell out of favour with the new Boca manager Juan Carlos Lorenzo and left the club to join Rosario Central and then Bolivian team The Strongest.
In 1978 Potente returned to Boca, but he never rediscovered the form that gave him so many goals in the early 70s. He retired from playing in July 1980.
After retirement Potente had a brief spell as interim head coach of Boca Juniors in 1993.
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