Miguel José Sena Manterola (6 November 1884 - 16 March 1969) was a Spanish

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who played as a

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for

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. His brothers, Alfonso and

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, also played for Real Sociedad.

Club career

Born in

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, he began his career with

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. In 1907, the best players from Vizcaino and Athletic Club came together to form Bizcaya, which was specially created to take part in the

1907 Copa del Rey The Copa del Rey 1907 was the 5th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition. The competition started on 24 March 1907, and concluded on 30 March 1907, with the Final Playoff, in which Madrid FC lifted the trophy for the ...

, and he Sena and his brother Alfonso were elected into the team, and both featured in the

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, which ended in a 0–1 loss to

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. After the Bizcaya team was discontinued, Miguel followed Alfonso to Recreation Club, but his spell there was cut short when a conflict between the club's members caused the team to split with several players (including the Sena brothers, Elosegi, Arrillaga and Dorda) leaving to create a new team in 1908, the San Sebastian Football Club. The team had to play under the name of Club Ciclista to play in the

1909 Copa del Rey The 1909 Copa del Rey was the 7th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition. The competition started on 4 April 1909, and concluded on 8 April 1909, with the final, held at the O'Donnell, in Madrid, in which Club Ciclista d ...

, which they unexpectedly, but convincingly won after beating

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3–1 in the

, in which he featured alongside his brother, Alfonso. A few months after this victory, the players who had won the tournament founded the Sociedad de Football (now known as

) on 7 September 1909, definitively disassociating themselves from the Cycling Club. After four seasons with Sociedad, he retired in 1913.

Honours

Club Bizcaya *

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: Runner-up

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

Club Ciclista *Copa del Rey:

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sena, Miguel 1884 births 1969 deaths Spanish footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from San Sebastián Real Sociedad footballers