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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Caló died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 74, from unknown causes.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "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[edit]

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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