Osvaldo Potente (born 16 November 1951 in

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) is a retired

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striker. He played club football in

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and

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as well as representing the Argentina national team on three occasions.

Career

Potente started his career in 1971 and went on to become one of

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' 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

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. 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

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as Boca's 2nd most prolific player in the superclásico. One of Potente's finest superclásico moments came on July 27, 1975 when he played against River Plate at

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wearing a Boca shirt with number 10 on the back. Potente got his revenge by scoring Boca's winning goal from a free kick.Boca Juniors profile
/ref> In 1976 Potente fell out of favour with the new Boca manager

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and left the club to join

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and then

n team

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. In 1978 Potente returned to Boca, but he never recovered 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Potente, Osvaldo 1951 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Boca Juniors footballers Rosario Central footballers The Strongest players Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Argentine football managers Boca Juniors managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Footballers at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games