María Belén Potassa (born 12 December 1988), known as Belén Potassa, is an Argentine

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who plays as a

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. She has been a member of the Argentina women's national team. She previously played for the women's teams of

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(in Chile) and

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before joining

UAI Urquiza Club Deportivo UAI Urquiza (formerly "Club Ferrocarril Urquiza") is an Argentine sports club sited in Villa Lynch, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. Its men's football team currently plays at Primera B Metropolitana, the third ...

in July 2014.

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. At senior level, she played the

2006 South American Women's Football Championship The 2006 South American Women's Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 2006'') was the fifth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship (now known as ''Copa América Femenina'') and determined the CO ...

, three

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

editions (

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and

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), the

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but th ...

, the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and the 2018 Copa América Femenina.

International goals

''Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first''

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* 1988 births Living people Argentine women's footballers Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province Women's association football forwards Argentina women's international footballers 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Argentina Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Argentina Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Rosario Central (women) players San Lorenzo de Almagro (women) players Santiago Morning footballers Boca Juniors (women) footballers UAI Urquiza (women) players Fundación Albacete players Segunda Federación (women) players Argentine expatriate women's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate women's footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain {{Argentina-footy-forward-1980s-stub