1896 - 1964
Paulino Alcántara Riestrá (7 October 1896 – 13 February 1964) was a professional football player and manager who played as a forward. Born in the Philippines, he spent most of his playing career at 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 official and friendly matches, a club record that stood for 87 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulino Alcántara has received more than 592,270 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Paulino Alcántara is the 191st most popular soccer player (down from 132nd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 6th 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, Paulino Alcántara ranks 191 out of 16,880. Before him are Andrea Pirlo, Arie Haan, Antonio Conte, Jorge Jesus, Ștefan Kovács, and Aimé Jacquet. After him are Kurt Hamrin, Dražan Jerković, Emilio Butragueño, Clarence Seedorf, Luka Modrić, and Careca.
1979 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 185
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 186
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 187
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 188
1920 - 1995
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 189
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 190
1896 - 1964
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 191
1934 - 2024
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 192
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 193
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 194
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 195
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 196
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1896, Paulino Alcántara ranks 49. Before him are David Wechsler, Léon Theremin, Tina Modotti, Robert S. Mulliken, Wallace Carothers, and André Masson. After him are Elsa Triolet, Mamie Eisenhower, Nikolay Semyonov, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, Leslie Groves, and Ida Noddack. Among people deceased in 1964, Paulino Alcántara ranks 35. Before him are Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Cole Porter, Sam Cooke, Douglas McGregor, and Maurice Thorez. After him are Peter Lorre, Heinrich Neuhaus, Alan Ladd, Mikhail Larionov, J. B. S. Haldane, and August Sander.
1896 - 1981
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 43
1896 - 1993
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 44
1896 - 1942
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 45
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 46
1896 - 1937
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 47
1896 - 1987
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 48
1896 - 1964
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 49
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 50
1896 - 1979
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 51
1896 - 1986
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 52
1896 - 1980
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 53
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 54
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 55
1877 - 1964
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 29
1873 - 1964
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 30
1891 - 1964
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 31
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 32
1906 - 1964
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 33
1900 - 1964
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 34
1896 - 1964
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 35
1904 - 1964
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 36
1888 - 1964
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 37
1913 - 1964
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 38
1881 - 1964
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 39
1892 - 1964
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 40
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 41
Among people born in Philippines, Paulino Alcántara ranks 8 out of 126. Before him are Ferdinand Marcos (1917), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Lapu-Lapu (1491), José Rizal (1861), Corazon Aquino (1933), and Imelda Marcos (1929). After him are Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Isabel Preysler (1951), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), and Manny Pacquiao (1978).
1917 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 2
1869 - 1964
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 3
1491 - 1542
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 4
1861 - 1896
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 5
1933 - 2009
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 6
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 7
1896 - 1964
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 8
1863 - 1897
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 10
1932 - 1983
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 11
1878 - 1944
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 13
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 14
Among soccer players born in Philippines, Paulino Alcántara ranks 1.