Sally Potocki
Sally Potocki | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35) Melbourne, Australia | ||
Nationality | Australian | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2012 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||
2012–2016 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
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.
Handball career
Club career
Potocky played professionally in the German Handball-Bundesliga, from 2012 for the club HSG Blomberg-Lippe, from autumn 2012 for Borussia Dortmund,[1] and later several seasons for the club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2]
During her time at BVB Dortmund Potocki captained the team. She was co-captained of Bayer Leverkusen.[citation needed]
International
Potocky competed for the Australian team at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France.[3]
She participated in the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia,[4] where she scored 48 goals and was listed tied third among the top goal scorers,[5][2] and was awarded player of the game against Germany.[citation needed] She represented and captained Australia at the 2019 IHF world championships in Japan.[6]
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.[7][6]
Basketball
Potocki previously played basketball professionally. Between 2007 and 2011, she played for the Sydney Uni Flames of the Australian Women's National Basketball League.[8] Potocki was also part of the Opal's squad.[citation needed]
Beach handball
In 2023, Potocki started playing beach handball and represented Australia at the Oceanian Beach Handball Championships.[citation needed]
Statistics
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
- ^ "Potocki wechselt in Liga zwei". blomberger-anzeiger.de (in German). 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Japan 2019: Australia". ihf.info. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "XVIII Women's World Championship 2007. Team Roster, Australia" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Australia" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Goalscorers (top 40)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ a b 2019 World Women's Handball Championship squad
- ^ "Australia arrive in Japan for 24th IHF Women's World Championship". handballaustralia.org.au. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Sally Potocki – WNBL
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