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.[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

  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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