Archive for the ‘Philippine Football’ Category

  • Philippine Team Rejected In The 2010 World Cup Qualifiers

    Sunday, January 25th, 2009

    The Philippine Football National Team was unable to be part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers since they were not able to meet the given deadline set by the FIFA committee prior on the start of the World Cup qualifying rounds. Aside from not able to qualify in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Philippines [...]

  • Meet The Greatest Filipino Football Player of All Time

    Saturday, January 24th, 2009

    Paulino Alcántara

    Personal information

    Full name
    Paulino Alcántara Riestrá

    Date of birth
    7 October 1896(1896-10-07)

    Place of birth
    Iloilo City, Philippines

    Date of death
    13 February 1964 (aged 67)

    Place of death
    Barcelona, Spain

    Playing position
    Forward

    Youth clubs

    FC Galeno

    Senior clubs1

    Years
    Club
    App (Gls)*

    1912-1916
    1916-1918
    1918-1927
    FC Barcelona
    Bohemian Sporting Club
    FC Barcelona
    357 (357)[1]

    National team2

    1915-1924
    1917
    1921-1923
    Catalan XI
    Philippines
    Spain
    005 00(6)

    Teams managed

    1951
    Spain

    1 Senior club appearances and goals
    counted for the domestic league only and
    correct as of 8 October 2006.
    2 National team caps and goals correct
    as of 8 October [...]

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