Francisco Caló

Francisco Caló
Personal information
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
1965–1972	Sporting CP
1968–1969	→ União Tomar (loan)
1974–1975	Atlético
1975–1976	Estoril
Total
International career
1971	Portugal
	*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.^[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 (archived)
Francisco Caló national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Francisco Caló at National-Football-Teams.com
Francisco Caló at EU-Football.info

[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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