Sally Potocki
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Sally Potocki | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Melbourne, Australia | 8 February 1989||
Nationality | Australian | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2016–2019 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2019 | Australia | 41 | (253) |
Sally Potocki (born 8 February 1989) is an Australian beach handball player and a retired indoor handball player who last played professionally for Bayer Leverkusen in 1. Bundesliga and the Australian national team.
During her time at BVB Dortmund Potocki captained the team. She was co-captained of Bayer Leverkusen.[citation needed]
She represented and captained Australia at the 2019 IHF world championships in Japan,[1] she also participated in the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia,[2] where she was awarded player of the game against Germany, and 2007 in France. In 2018, after a 6 years break from playing for Australia, she returned to the squad for the Asian Championships in Japan where she was the top scorer of the tournament and largely contributed to helping Australia qualify for their first World Championships since 2013. Potocki returned to Japan with the Australian team for the IHF World Championships 2019. She retired from Handball at the end of the world championships 2019 after receiving the Player of the Game award on Australia's last game against China.[3][1]
Potocki previously played basketball professionally. Between 2007 and 2011, she played for the Sydney Uni Flames of the Australian Women's National Basketball League.[4] Potocki was also part of the Opal's squad.[citation needed]
In 2023, Potocki started playing beach handball and represented Australia at the Oceanian Beach Handball Championships.[citation needed]
Statistics[edit]
Year | League | Club | Games played | 7m (scored/shot) | Total Goals | Yellow card | 2 minutes | Red card |
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2018–2019 | German Premier League (Bundesliga) | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 43/50 | 115 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
2017–2018 | German Premier League (Bundesliga) | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 - v. captain | 45/53 | 105 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
2016–2017 | German Premier League (Bundesliga) | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 8/12 | 58 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
2015–2016 | German Premier League (Bundesliga) | BVB Dortmund 09 | 26 - Captain | 1/1 | 29 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
2014–2015 | German Second League (2. Bundesliga) | BVB Dortmund 09 | 22 - Captain | 20/26 | 100 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
2013–2014 | German Second League (2. Bundesliga) | BVB Dortmund 09 | 27 | 1/1 | 89 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b 2019 World Women's Handball Championship squad
- ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Australia" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Australia arrive in Japan for 24th IHF Women's World Championship". handballaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Sally Potocki – WNBL