Paulino Alcántara

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Alcántara and the second or maternal family name is Riestrá.
Paulino Alcántara
Alcántara at Barcelona in the 1920s
Personal information
Full name Paulino Alcántara Riestrá
Date of birth (1896-10-07)7 October 1896
Place of birth Concepcion, Iloilo, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Date of death 13 February 1964(1964-02-13) (aged 67)
Place of death Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
FC Galeno
0000 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1927 Barcelona 399 (395)
1916–1918 Bohemian 23 (24)
International career
1915–1926 Catalonia 7 (8)
1917 Philippines 11 (14)
1921–1923 Spain 14 (19)
Managerial career
1951 Spain
1953 Catalonia
Medal record
 Philippines
Far Eastern Championship Games
1917 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulino Alcántara Riestrá (7 October 1896 – 13 February 1964) was a Filipino and Spanish football player and manager who played as a forward. He spent most of his playing career at FC Barcelona and represented Catalonia, the Philippines and Spain internationally.[1]

In 2007, he was recognized by FIFA as one of the greatest football strikers in the 20th century and the best Asian footballer of all-time.[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Copa d'Espanya Cup Regional Pyrenees Cup Friendly Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Barcelona 1911–12 La Liga 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 5 5
1912–13 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 20 22 25 31
1913–14 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 1 30 23 37 24
1914–15 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 0 23 29 32 33
1915–16 0 0 4 4 11 25 0 0 14 12 29 41
1917–18 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 4 6 4
1918–19 0 0 5 7 12 11 0 0 21 29 38 47
1919–20 0 0 3 3 9 14 0 0 29 34 41 51
1920–21 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 11 13 19 20
1921–22 0 0 4 8 8 19 0 0 12 18 24 45
1922–23 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 32 32 40 39
1923–24 0 0 7 8 7 4 0 0 36 29 50 41
1924–25 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 4 13 4
1925–26 0 0 6 3 14 4 0 0 8 7 28 14
1926–27 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 9 6 17 10
1932–33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 2 5 37 35 99 100 3 3 264 264 405 407
Career total 2 5 37 35 99 100 3 3 264 264 405 407

International

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Paulino Alcántara[3]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 October 1921 San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao, Spain  Belgium 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 2–0
3. 18 December 1921 Campo de O'Donnell, Madrid, Spain  Portugal 1–0 3–1
4. 2–0
5. 30 April 1922 Stade Sainte-Germaine, Le Bouscat, France  France 1–0 4–0
6. 2–0
Scores and results list Philippines's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Paulino Alcántara
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 May 1917 Shibaura Ground, Tokyo, Japan  Japan
1–0
15–2
 Far Eastern Championship
2
?–?
3
?–?
4
?–?
5
?–?
6
?–?
Scores and results list Catalonia's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Paulino Alcántara[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 May 1915 Campo de O'Donnell, Madrid, Spain Castile 1–0 2–1 1915 Prince of Asturias Cup
2. 6 February 1921 Camp Muntaner, Barcelona, Spain Template:Country data Aquitaine South West France 5–1 Friendly
3.
4. 3 April 1921 Camp Muntaner, Barcelona, Spain Badalona 4–0 Friendly
5. 19 September 1926 Guinardó, Barcelona, Spain  Asturias 3–1 4–3 1926 Prince of Asturias Cup

Honours

FC Barcelona

  • Spanish League Catalan football championship: (10) 1913, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
  • Copa del Rey: (5) 1913, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926
  • Pyrenees Cup: (2) 1912, 1913

Bohemian S.C.

  • United States Philippines Championship (2): 1917, 1918

U.S. Philippine national football team

  • Far Eastern Championship Games: (Silver medal) 1917

References

  1. ↑ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Paulino Alcantara to be enshrined in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame
  3. ↑ "Paulino Alcántara". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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