Osvaldo Potente (born 16 November 1951 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football striker.

In his two spells with the club he managed 79 goals in 195 league games, leaving him in 11th place in the list of Boca Juniors topscorers.

Potente is fondly remembered by the Boca Juniors fans for the fact that he scored a total of 7 goals in superclásico derby matches against fierce rivals River Plate.

Before the game the River fans paraded a pig wearing a Boca shirt with number 10 on the back.

[2] In 1976 Potente fell out of favour with the new Boca manager Juan Carlos Lorenzo and left the club to join Rosario Central and then Bolivian team The Strongest.