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Portuguese footballer (1946–2021)

Francisco Caló
Personal information
Full name Francisco António Galinho Caló
Date of birth (1946-09-05)5 September 1946
Place of birth Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Date of death 12 July 2021(2021-07-12) (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)
International career
1971 Portugal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. 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.

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.

Death

Caló died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 74, from unknown causes.

References

  1. "Época 1965/66: Primeira Divisão" [1965/66 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. "Época 1969/70: Primeira Divisão" [1969/70 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. "Morreu Francisco Caló" [Francisco Caló has died]. Jornal Desportivo (in Portuguese). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. "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.

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