Francisco Tena (footballer, born 1901)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tena and the second or maternal family name is Guimerà.
Francisco Tena
Personal information
Full name Francisco Tena Guimerà
Date of birth (1901-09-29)29 September 1901
Place of birth Cabanes, Spain
Date of death 6 August 1954(1954-08-06) (aged 52)
Place of death Barcelona, Spain
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1928 CE Sabadell
1928–1931 RCD Espanyol 26 (8)
1931 CE Sabadell
International career
Catalonia 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Tena Guimerà (29 September 1901 - 6 August 1954), also known as Tena II, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for RCD Espanyol.[1]

Club career

Born in Cabanes, he moved to Sabadell at a very young age for family reasons. In 1920 he joined the first team of CE Sabadell, where he shared a dressing room with his brothers Juan (Tena I) and Josep (Tena III), and thus, in order to avoid confusion, they started appearing as Tena I, II and III on the scoreboards. In March 1928, together with his brother Juan and at the same time as Crisant Bosch and Julio Káiser, he signed for Espanyol.[2] He played a pivotal role in helping the club to win the 1928–29 Catalonia championship and reach the 1929 Copa del Rey Final, in which he scored the opening goal of an 2–1 win over Real Madrid,[1][3] thus contributing decisively to the first-ever Copa del Rey title in the history of Espanyol.[4] In 1931 he returned briefly to Sabadell before ending his career.

International career

He represented the Catalonia national team 8 times, scoring once, in a 9–0 win over a representing team of Brussels on 16 June 1927.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Francisco TENA II". hallofameperico.com. 28 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Edición del domingo, 04 marzo 1928, página 17" [Edition of Sunday 4 March 1928, Page 17]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Hemeroteca. 4 March 1928. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Español - Real Madrid (2 - 1) 03/02/1929". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Los partidos más interesantes de la historia del Torneo Real" [The most interesting matches in the history of the Royal Tournament] (in Spanish). 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Catalonia 9–0 Brussels" (PDF). hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.


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