Oliver Pötschke (born 13 February 1987) is a retired

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who played as a

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. Born and raised in Germany, he represented the

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internationally.

Early life

Pötschke was born and raised in

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to a German father and a Filipina mother.

Club career

Pötschke belonged to the

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youth rank for six years, being in one of them a teammate of both Jérôme and

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References

1987 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German men's footballers Filipino men's footballers Men's association football central defenders BFC Preussen players Landesliga players Philippines men's international footballers German sportspeople of Filipino descent Filipino people of German descent 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Filipino sportsmen {{Germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub