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
| 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 | 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.
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 in Lisbon, also being loaned to fellow Primeira Liga team U.F.C.I. Tomar in the 1968–69 season; he was part of the squad that notably defeated his parent club 2–1 at home and drew at FC Porto 1–1 to finish tenth in the table. [1]
Caló contributed a total of 30 games and one goal to win two national championships, in 1966 and 1970. [2] [3] 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. [4]
Calón earned one cap for Portugal, appearing in a 2–1 loss to Scotland for the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers on 13 October 1971, in Glasgow. [5] [6]
Caló died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 74, from unknown causes. [7]
