Villarreal is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Castellón.
Paulino Alcántara Riestrá was a Filipino and Spanish professional footballer and manager who played as a forward. He spent most of his playing career at FC Barcelona, and also represented Catalonia, the Philippines and Spain internationally.
Joan Capdevila Méndez is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left-back.
Dionisio "Chito" Calvo was a Filipino basketball player, swimmer, and coach who mentored both the basketball and football national teams of the Philippines. He was one of the greatest Filipino sportsmen in history and helped in the development of both Philippine and Asian basketball.
Bohemian Sporting Club was a Filipino football club based in Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1910 and was one of the first clubs to be established within the country. The club, during the earliest phases of football in the Philippines, imposed its dominance in the country, winning 10 national championships in the early decades of the 1900s.
Entre el Amor y el Odio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 2002. It is based on the radionovela Cadena de odio by Hilda Morales de Allouis. It aired on Canal de las Estrellas from Monday, February 11, 2002 to Friday, August 2, 2002.
Football in the Philippines is administered by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), the governing body of football in the country.
Manuel Amechazurra, knicknamed "Amecha" and dubbed as "El Aventurero" and "El Capitán", was a Philippine-born Spanish, mostly known for being a footballer who played as a defender and the first Filipino/Asian-born player to play in Europe. He is most renowned for his two spells at FC Barcelona and for being one of its first captains while playing a total of 200 games in the first team with 22 goals scored.
Emilio Pacheco, nicknamed "Lolo" was a Filipino international football player and manager. In his career as a player he was part of clubs such as Bohemian Sporting Club, Turba Salvaje and Philippine Columbian. As a coach he led the Philippines national football team.
Virgilio Lobregat was a Filipino sportsman best known as a football player. He played for Bohemian S.C., Manila Nomads Sports Club and Casino Español de Manila. At international level he competed for the Philippines national football team at the Far Eastern Games. During World War II, he opposed and fought the Imperial Japanese Army as he joined a guerrilla led by Juan Miguel Elizalde. He was executed in August 1944 along with Elizalde and 70 other prisoners at the Manila North Cemetery.
Alberto Villareal y García was a Philippine international footballer who was captain of the Philippine national team that competed at the 1958 Asian Games. He is credited for leading the team that caused a 1-0 upset against host Japan. He was also part of the 1954 Asian Games squad.
Joaquín Loyzaga Sr. was a Filipino international footballer who has covered both the roles of defender and goalkeeper making himself known, in modern day terms, as a utility player. He was one of the legends and one of the best players of the pre-war football era, having won multiple National Champioships he was also one of the most decorated one. He played for Bohemian S.C. and represented the, then called Philippine Islands football team in the Far Eastern Championship Games, the precursor of the Asian Games.
Joaquín López, nicknamed "Chacho" was a Filipino international footballer who played as a midfielder for Bohemian S.C. and for the Philippine Islands football team which he also captained. Chacho López was the most longevous and the most decorated Filipino football player, for both club and country, during the early years of the 1900s. He spent his football career at Bohemian, during the 1910s and 1920s, where he lifted ten trophies and was a Filipino international from 1913 to 1925 bringing home seven Far Eastern Championship medals . Thanks to his longevity and achievements he is regarded as one of the prewar era Philippine football legends.
Eduardo Yrezabal Sr. was a Filipino international football player who, at club level, played for Bohemian SC in the 1910s to the 1920s and also represented the Philippine Islands football team in the Far Eastern Championship Games. After football he served as an official at the highest of ranks at the Elizalde & Co. Inc. and was president of the Elizalde Stamp Club.
Jesús Cacho y Soriano was a Filipino international football player who played for Bohemian SC and represented the Philippine Islands football team in the Far Eastern Championship Games. Besides his football career, he was a successful businessman and philatelist.
Alberto Villareal was a Filipino international footballer, coach and one of the legends of the pre-war sports era. He played for Bohemian SC and, as a player, represented the Philippine Island football team in four editions of the Far Eastern Championship Games. The year after he stopped wearing the cleated shoes to become a coach and won a title with the football team of Ateneo de Manila. After that he managed the University of the Philippines and lastly the P. I. football team in the 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games in Shanghai.
Jose Villareal, known as Jose "Peping" Villareal or simply with his nickname "Peping" was a Filipino international footballer who played as a Forward, more specifically as a right out for Bohemian SC and the Philippine Island football team while representing the latter in the 1925 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila.
Angeling Villareal or simply shortened to Angel Villareal was a Filipino international footballer and coach. He was a Defender and played as well as a forward. He played, at club level, for Bohemian SC and later on for Turba Salvaje while at international level he represented the Philippine Island Football Team at the Far Eastern Championship Games. Retired while still young, he became a manager and coached the University of the Philippines football team.
Carlos Villareal was a Filipino football player and amateur boxer. He was active and at his best in those sports until 1923, before he suffered a fractured leg injury.
Manuel Martínez Nieto Sr., also referred to as Manolo Nieto, was a Filipino footballer, businessman, Philippine Commonwealth Army officer, politician and diplomat. An academic and cultured man, his father was owner of the tobacco estate businesses and controller of the monopoly around Northern Luzon, especially in Isabela which Nieto inherited. During his younger days he was a refined athlete as well who competed in track and field but was best known for his football talent. As a football player of the 1910s and 1920s he spent his years at Bohemian SC as a Defender and was widely regarded as the best Filipino full-back of all time in the eyes of the sports journalists, watchers and athletes of that period. He participated also at the two most remembered Far Eastern Championship Games in 1913 and 1917, football-wise, all while he continued his studies and from time to time having to take brakes from the sport. In that stretch of years, in 1916, he met Manuel L. Quezon at the time elected as Resident Commissioner to the United States and, right after his graduation from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, he offered his services to him. The two became close friends and formed a strong bond between them. So Manolo, as how he was called by his close acquaintances, began his life as a public servant when he was first appointed by Quezon as a secretary of the Senate while also continuing his father business and studies. From there he became member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and when Quezon became President of the Philippines Nieto started the Officer's Training Camp in Baguio, where he graduated and was commissioned as the Captain of the Philippine Army in the Reserve Corps. Right after, he was named his aide-de-camp and then his Cabinet Secretariat, roles that he served until President Quezon's final breathes. He continued afterwards to serve the country becoming an ambassador to Spain, a duty he covered two times and the last until he passed away.
