Paulino Alcantara

Paulino Alcantara is a Filipino-Spanish from Iloilo City and widely regarded as the greatest Filipino footballer of all time.

He became the first Asian to suit up for a European football club, FC Barcelona.

Alcantara became known as the “Net-breaker” after one of his goals actually pierced through the net.  Eventually, Alcantara’s 369 goals for Barca would remain the club’s all-time scoring record until Lionel Messi broke it—in 2014.

Sources: https://filipiknow.net/forgotten-filipino-athletes/
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