The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) pays tribute to Paulino Alcantara on the 130th anniversary of his birth. Alcantara was born on October 7, 1896, in Concepcion, Iloilo, and is regarded as one of the pioneers of Philippine football. “Paulino Alcantara was Philippine football’s global star. A boy from Iloilo went on to play at the highest level of the sport in Europe, bearing with him his Filipino heritage and patriotism. On his 130th birth…
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