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 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.

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)
National team
1915–1926	Catalonia	7	(8)
1917	Philippines	11	(14)
1921–1923	Spain	14	(19)
Teams managed
1951	Spain
1953	Catalonia
Honours Philippines Far Eastern Championship Games 1917 Tokyo Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

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

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

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