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Francisco Palmeiro
Portuguese footballer
Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues (16 October 1932 – 22 January 2017), known as Palmeiro, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1932-10-16)16 October 1932[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Arronches, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 22 January 2017(2017-01-22) (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1948–1949 | Arronches | ||
| 1949–1951 | O Elvas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1953 | Portalegrense | ||
| 1953–1961 | Benfica | 88 | (31) |
| 1961–1963 | Atlético | 48 | (10) |
| 1963–1965 | Almada | ||
| 1965–1966 | Pescadores | ||
| 1966–1967 | Monte Caparica | ||
| International career | |||
| 1956–1957 | Portugal | 3 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Palmeiro was born in Arronches, Portalegre District. For eight years of his senior career he played with Primeira Liga side S.L. Benfica, leaving in 1961 after the emergence of Eusébio. Over the course of nine seasons, he amassed competition totals of 136 games and 41 goals – he also represented Atlético Clube de Portugal in the top division – and won three national championships and as many Taça de Portugal trophies with his main club.
Palmeiro was the first player to score a goal at the original Estádio da Luz, and was also the first Benfica player to do so in the European Cup, in a match against Sevilla FC in the 1957–58 campaign.[2]
On 3 June 1956, Palmeiro earned the first of three caps for Portugal, in a friendly with Spain. He scored all of his team's goals in a 3–1 win in Lisbon.[3][4]
Palmeiro died on 22 January 2017, aged 84.[5]
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60[2]
- Taça de Portugal: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59[2]
- Francisco Palmeiro at WorldFootball.net
- "Faleceu Francisco Palmeiro" [Francisco Palmeiro died] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- Gimeno, Emilio L. (4 June 1956). "Portugal, 3 – España, 1" [Portugal, 3 – Spain, 1]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- Rodrigues, Berta (27 March 2023). "Joselu e mais nove: quando a primeira vez com a camisola da seleção é perfeita" [Joselu and nine others: when the first time in a national team jersey is perfect] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- "Óbito: faleceu Francisco Palmeiro, aos 84 anos" [Death: Francisco Palmeiro died, at the age of 84] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- Francisco Palmeiro at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Francisco Palmeiro at EU-Football.info