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Federico Von Potobsky
Born in the small town of Las Tapias in the province of Cordoba, Fede’s father Otto passed on his passion for horses and polo to his sons.

He played his first tournament aged 8, winning the Torneo de Menores in Cordoba Capital. At 15 yrs old he had reached 1 goal and by 16 had gone up to 2 goals winning tournaments in Mendoza and Rosario. In 2006, having reached 3 goals the 18 year old Fede travelled to Thailand and India as a professional and then on to China and Singapore.

In 2009, under the guidance of William Roberts, he began his professional career, as a 4 goaler 21 year old, in England. In 2010 he played for Clarita for the first time and then again in 2011 in the 15 goal at Guards. He also played for Puro in the 8 and 10 goal and Guards and Stonehurst (with his mentor William Roberts) in Cowdray. That year he won the Spring Tournament and the Town and County at Guards as well as the subsidiary of the 10 goal and the Dubai Trophy at Ham Polo Club. As part of Clarita he got to the semi-finals of the Royal Windsor and won the final of the Eduardo Moore Trophy at the RCBPC with Emlor.

Since 2011 Fede has been playing professionally at La Dolfina Polo Club in Cañuelas, Buenos Aires. He won the Copa El Remanso with Pelon Stirling in 2011 and the 15 goal Centauros Polo Tour in 2014. He is currently playing the 15 goal in the UK with Ferne Park.