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Paulino Alcántara

1896 - 1964

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Paulino Alcántara Riestrá (7 October 1896 – 13 February 1964) was a Filipino and Spanish professional football player and manager, and doctor who played as a forward. He spent most of his playing career at FC Barcelona, and also represented Catalonia, the Philippines and Spain internationally. Alcántara made his debut for Barcelona at the age of 15, and remains the youngest player to play or score for the club. He scored 395 goals in 399 matches, a club record that stood for 87 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paulino Alcántara is the 196th most popular soccer player (up from 245th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Soccer Player.

Paulino Alcántara is most famous for being the first Mexican to play in Major League Baseball.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paulino Alcántara ranks 196 out of 21,273Before him are Carlos Valderrama, Yasuo Suzuki, Ernesto Valverde, Motoo Tatsuhara, Andreas Brehme, and Tomohiko Ikoma. After him are Iker Casillas, Gunnar Gren, Carles Rexach, Helmut Schön, Grzegorz Lato, and Bobby Robson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Paulino Alcántara ranks 45Before him are Anastasio Somoza García, Lewis Strauss, John Dos Passos, Italo Balbo, Nobusuke Kishi, and Nikolay Semyonov. After him are Rolf Maximilian Sievert, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Herbert Backe, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Tina Modotti, and Friedrich Hund. Among people deceased in 1964, Paulino Alcántara ranks 29Before him are Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Otto Grotewohl, Giorgio Morandi, Alexandre Koyré, Otto Wille Kuusinen, and Henry Maitland Wilson. After him are Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Emilio Aguinaldo, Ernst Kretschmer, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Alan Ladd, and Tatyana Afanasyeva.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Paulino Alcántara ranks 16 out of 155Before him are Corazon Aquino (1933), Joseph Estrada (1937), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), José Rizal (1861), Sergio Osmeña (1878), and Lorenzo Ruiz (1600). After him are Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), Manuel Roxas (1892), and Pedro Calungsod (1654).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Philippines

Among soccer players born in Philippines, Paulino Alcántara ranks 1After him are Daisuke Sato (1994).