Juan Tena Guimerà (9 March 1900 – 25 January 1995), also known as Tena I, was a Spanish footballer who played as a left midfielder.[2]

Juan Tena

Personal information
Full name	Juan Tena Guimerà
Date of birth	(1900-03-09)9 March 1900
Place of birth	Cabanes, Spain
Date of death	25 January 1995(1995-01-25) (aged 94)
Place of death	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1,67
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1917–1919	CE Sabadell
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1928	CE Sabadell
1928–1930	Espanyol	25	(2)
1930–1931	CE Sabadell
1931	Racing de Madrid
1932	CE Sabadell
National team
1921–1931	Catalonia	15	(0)
Honours  Catalonia Prince of Asturias Cup 1926 Prince of Asturias Cup Team[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Cabanes, he moved to Sabadell at the age of 6 due to family reasons. He joined the youth ranks of CE Sabadell in 1917, and two years later, he reached the first team, where he shared a dressing room with his younger brothers Francisco, known as Tena II, and Josep, known as Tena III. In March 1928, together with his brother Francisco and at the same time as Crisant Bosch and Julio Káiser, he signed for Espanyol.[3] He played a pivotal role in helping the club to win the 1928-29 Catalonia championship and to reach the 1929 Copa del Rey Final, which they won after beating Real Madrid 2-1.[2] In 1932 he returned briefly to Sabadell before ending his career.

International career

He represented the Catalonia national team 15 times, but failed to score a single time.[4] He was a member of the team that won the last edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF, helping Catalonia beat Asturias in a two-legged title-decider.[1]

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