He was part of a team that was coming off of major successes and he played an important role in the first years of the 1920s, establishing himself as a Filipino champion and a three-peat winner conquering the National Philippine Championships in 1920, 1921 and 1923.

[1] His performances at Bohemian earned him consistently a spot in the Philippine Island football team at the Far Eastern Championship Games and participated in four consecutive editions of the tournament.

Firstly at the 1921 Far East Games in Shanghai and after a big 3–1 win against the Japanese side the Filipinos fell short against China and returned home with a silver medal.

The next game against Japan Alberto's team conceaded first but were able to turn the match around and won by three goals to one obtaining a silver medal at the final whistle.

He was immediately impactful and managed to coach and lead the collegiate side straight away to a National Title in 1926, a championship that during those years also featured clubs from abroad.

The tournament saw Japan score its first ever win against the Filipinos and the latters, the next game against China, after giving away a penalty, protested and walked away from the pitch and after returning to the field became more aggressive and like in previous editions the crowds were involved.

[1][7] Alberto was born in Manila and was the first of seven children of Carlos Ramon Fernando Villarreal y Moras and Doña Carmen Santa Coloma y Navarro.