Francisco Palmeiro

Francisco Palmeiro
Personal information
Full name Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues
Date of birth (1932-10-16)16 October 1932
Place of birth Arronches, Portugal
Date of death 22 January 2017(2017-01-22) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1948–1949 Arronches
1949–1951 O Elvas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1953 Portalegrense
1953–1961 Benfica 85 (32)
1961–1963 Atlético 48 (12)
1963–1965 Almada
1965–1966 Pescadores
1966–1967 Monte Caparica
National team
1956–1957 Portugal 3 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues (16 October 1932 – 22 January 2017), known as Palmeiro, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Palmeiro was born in Arronches, Portalegre District. During 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 133 games and 44 goals – he also represented Atlético Clube de Portugal in the top level of Portuguese football – and won three national championships and as many Portuguese Cups 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]

International career

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]

Honours

Benfica[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Óbito: faleceu Francisco Palmeiro, aos 84 anos" [Death: Francisco Palmeiro died at the age of 84] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Faleceu Francisco Palmeiro" [Francisco Palmeiro died] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Portugal, 3 – España, 1" [Portugal, 3 – Spain, 1]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 June 1956. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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