Alfonso Sena

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Alfonso Sena
Personal information
Full name Alfonso Sena Manterola
Date of birth (1886-10-05)5 October 1886
Place of birth San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Date of death 6 August 1958(1958-08-06) (aged 71)
Place of death Spain
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1906 San Sebastián RC
1906–1907 Bizcaya
1907 San Sebastián RC
1908–1909 Club Ciclista
1909–1910 Vasconia
1910–1914 Real Sociedad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfonso Sena Manterola (5 October 1886 - 6 August 1958) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Real Sociedad.[1] He is one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of Real Sociedad from San Sebastián, having been the fundamental head behind the foundation of its predecessors, Club Ciclista in 1908, and of Real Sociedad itself in 1909. His brothers, Miguel and Gregorio, also played for Real Sociedad.

Biography

Born in San Sebastián, he began his career in 1904, aged just 18, at his hometown club San Sebastián Recreation Club, which had just been founded to become the very first football club in San Sebastián.[2] Together with Juan Arzuaga, he was part of the Recreation side that played in the 1905 Copa del Rey.[3]

In 1906, he left Recreation Club to join his older brother at

final, but this time they lost 0–1, courtesy of a late goal from Manuel Prast.[6]
After the Bizcaya team was discontinued, Alfonso returned to the Recreation Club.

At the end of 1907, a conflict between the club's members caused the team to split with several players (including the Sena brothers,

final, in which Alfonso featured alongside his brother, Miguel.[7]

A few months after this victory, the players who had won the tournament together with

three games to beat them.[9]
He remained loyal to Sociedad until his retirement in the mid-1910s.

Honours

Club Bizcaya

Club Ciclista

Real Sociedad

  1. ^ as Vasconia.

References

  1. ^ "Alfonso Sena Manterola - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Todo empezó en el Club Ciclista San Sebastián" [It all started at the San Sebastián Cycling Club]. as.com (in Spanish). 15 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Squad of San Sebastián 1904-05 King's Cup". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Squad of Club Vizcaya 1906-07 King's Cup". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Alfonso Sena - Player: Defender". www.athletic-club.eus. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Spain - Cup 1907". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Spain - Cup 1909". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Spain - Cup 1910". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Spain - Cups 1913". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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