Francisco Almenar Quinzá

Francisco Almenar Quinzá (27 July 1876 – 7 March 1936) was a Spanish architect and sports leader who served as the 11th president of football club Valencia CF between 1933 and 1936.

Early life and education Francisco Almenar was born on 27 July 1876 in Valencia, as the son of Bernardo Almenar Llácer and Rosario Quinzá Birgón. He married one of the daughters of the architect Antonio Martorell Trilles.

Almenar completed his high school studies in Valencia, moving to Barcelona in 1893 where he studied architecture at the , graduating on 27 April 1904.

Architect career Upon his return to Valencia, Almenar became an architect for the State, designing several important works in the city, such as the Pavilion for Agriculture and Industry and the Automobile Pavilion, the Circus Theater, and the Great Entrance Arch, all for the Valencia Regional Exhibition in 1909, after which they were all demolished.

Almenar also designed two performance halls that have not survived to this day, the Teatro Martí in 1915 located on the current Paseo de Ruzafa (formerly Pi y Margall) and the Gran Teatro (later Rex cinema) from 1923, located on Marqués de Sotelo Avenue no. 6 and which was demolished in 2003. on Cirilo Amorós Street in Valencia, executing the project of , who died before the church was built. building and with José Cort Botí in the . He was a member of Valencia almost since its foundation, Almenar held the second vice-presidency of the club during the mandate of Facundo Pascual Quilis, who entrusted him with the project for the construction of a new covered stand, as well as the new façade and entrances, which lasted for several months until its inauguration on 23 January 1927. Furthermore, it was also during his presidency that Valencia signed Carlos Iturraspe and Bertolí, two future club legends.