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Portuguese footballer (1946–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco António Galinho Caló (5 September 1946 – 12 July 2021) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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 74) | (aged||
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 |
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]
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]
Caló died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 74, from unknown causes.[5]
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