Football great Paulino Alcantara’s legacy only got the attention it truly deserves after Lionel Messi, widely regarded as the best player in the world, broke Alcantara’s record number of goals with Spanish professional club FC Barcelona close to a century after the Filipino pulled off the feat.
That long-forgotten accomplishment of the Filipino-Spanish booter, plus his myriad achievements on the pitch, will be recognized when the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame (PSHOF) enshrines Alcantara on Sunday with nine other Filipino sports heroes.
“Alcantara deserves to be in the [Philippine Sports] Hall of Fame, he’s the pride of the country in football,” said Philippine Sports Commission (…
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