Francisco Caló
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco António Galinho Caló | ||
Date of birth | 5 September 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 12 July 2021 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Portugal | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1972 | Sporting CP | 74 | (1) |
1968–1969 | → União Tomar (loan) | 23 | (0) |
1974–1975 | Atlético | 24 | (1) |
1975–1976 | Estoril | 0 | (0) |
Total | 121 | (2) | |
National team | |||
1971 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Francisco António Galinho Caló (5 September 1946 – 12 July 2021) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career[]
Born in Montemor-o-Novo, Évora District, Caló joined Sporting CP in 1965 at the age of 18. He was irregularly used in his seven-year spell with the Lisbon club, also being loaned to fellow Primeira Liga team U.F.C.I. Tomar in the 1968–69 season.
Caló contributed a total of 30 games and one goal to two national championship conquests, in 1966 and 1970.[1][2] He also won the 1971 Taça de Portugal against S.L. Benfica, losing two finals against the same adversary, and retired professionally at only 29 after one-year stints with two other sides in the country's capital, Atlético Clube de Portugal and G.D. Estoril Praia.[3]
International career[]
Calón earned one cap for Portugal, appearing in a 2–1 loss against Scotland in Glasgow for the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers, on 13 October 1971.[4]
Death[]
Caló died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 74, from unknown causes.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Época 1965/66: Primeira Divisão" [1965/66 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Época 1969/70: Primeira Divisão" [1969/70 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Morreu Francisco Caló" [Francisco Caló has died]. Jornal Desportivo (in Portuguese). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Sporting manifesta pesar pela morte de Francisco Caló" [Sporting express condolences for the death of Francisco Caló]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
External links[]
- Francisco Caló at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- Francisco Caló at National-Football-Teams.com
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
- 1946 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Montemor-o-Novo
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Sporting CP footballers
- U.F.C.I. Tomar players
- Atlético Clube de Portugal players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portugal international footballers