Francisco Tena Guimerà (29 September 1901 - 6 August 1954), also known as Tena II, was a Spanish

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who played as a forward for

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Club career

Born in Cabanes, he moved to

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at a very young age for family reasons. In 1920 he joined the first team of

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, 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 Crisant Bosch Espín (26 December 1907 – 13 April 1981), was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for RCD Espanyol, Terrassa and Spain. Honours * Catalan football championship: 4 ** 1928/29, 1932/33, 1936/37, 1939/40 *Copa del Rey ...

and Julio Káiser, he signed for Espanyol. He played a pivotal role in helping the club to win the 1928–29 Catalonia championship and reach the

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, in which he scored the opening goal of an 2–1 win over

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, thus contributing decisively to the first-ever

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title in the history of Espanyol. 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

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on 16 June 1927.

References

1901 births 1954 deaths Footballers from the Province of Castellón Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards CE Sabadell FC footballers RCD Espanyol footballers Catalonia men's international footballers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-forward-stub