Alfonso Cela

Alfonso Cela Vieito, known as Celita (July 11, 1885 – February 26, 1932), was a Spanish-Galician bullfighter. He is the only Galician to ever become a professional bullfighter.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cela and the second or maternal family name is Vieito.

Celita
Celita circa 1914
Born	Alfonso Cela Vieito (1885-07-11)July 11, 1885 Láncara, Lugo, Spain
Died	February 26, 1932(1932-02-26) (aged 46) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish

Biography

Celita was born in Carracedo, a small village in Láncara, Galicia, a region in the northwest of Spain. He moved to Madrid after the death of his father in 1896.

He began his career as a novillero (a bullfighter who only faces calves) in 1906 and took his alternativa (ceremony in which novilleros graduate to matador) in the bullfighting ring of A Coruña on 15 September 1912.[2]

His brother Claudio and nephew Alfonso Cela Martín (known as Cela II) were bullfighters as well but never reached professional level.

See also

• List of bullfighters

References

1. "Centenario alternativa de Alfonso Cela "Celita"". taurophilos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-08-23.
2. "Cela Villeito, Alfonso, "Celita" (1886-1932)". mcnbiografias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-08-23.