Oliver Pötschke (born 13 February 1987) is a retired footballer who played as a centre-back. Born and raised in Germany, he represented the Philippines internationally.[2]

Oliver Pötschke
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-13) 13 February 1987 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Youth career
Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 BFC Preussen 73 (4)
2013–2015 VfB Concordia Britz 46 (9)
2015–2016 Mariendorfer SV 25 (0)
2016–2018 TSV Mariendorf 1897 39 (1)
International career
2011 Philippines 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2018.
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:20, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Early life edit

Pötschke was born and raised in Berlin to a German father and a Filipina mother.[3]

Club career edit

Pötschke belonged to the Hertha BSC youth rank for six years, being in one of them a teammate of both Jérôme and Kevin-Prince Boateng.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Oliver Pötschke". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Wie ein Berliner per Kontaktanzeige Nationalspieler wurde | 11 Freunde". 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Siegmund, Arne (2 August 2014). "Quereinsteiger". 11FREUNDE (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2021. I only play in the Berlin league, but also for six years played at Hertha. At that time I played, among others, with Kevin-Prince Boateng and Jerome in the same year.