Pedro Calomino

Pedro Calomino
Calomino covered on El Gráfico magazine
while playing for Boca Juniors in 1923
Personal information
Full name Bleo Pedro Fournol Calomino
Date of birth (1892-03-13)13 March 1892
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 12 January 1950(1950-01-12) (aged 57)
Playing position Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1913 Boca Juniors 28 (12)
1914 Hispano Argentino (?)
1915–1924 Boca Juniors 194 (85)
National team
1917–1921 Argentina 37 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Calomino (front, 2nd from the left) with the Boca Juniors team that won four titles in 1919.

Bleo Pedro Fournol, mostly known as Pedro Calomino (also nicknamed Calumín) [note 1] (13 March 1892 – 12 January 1950) was an Argentine footballer who played as right winger. Calomino spent nearly all of his career in Boca Juniors, having also played 37 games for the Argentina national team where he scored 5 goals.[1] It is claimed that Calomino invented the step over move[2][3][4]

Club career

Calomino made his debut for Boca in 1911 scoring a goal in a 2–1 victory over Independiente. He played for the club until 1924, except a single season with Hispano Argentino in 1914. He played a total of 222 games for Boca scoring 97 goals. He was Boca Juniors' top scoring player in six seasons: 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919. This record has only been surpassed by Martín Palermo, who accomplished the feat eight times.

International career

Calomino represented Argentina in four South American Championships: 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1921. In his final tournament, he captained Argentina to victory.

Honours

Club

Boca Juniors

International

Argentina

Notes

  1. ↑ He was born "Bleo Pedro Fournol", but took the name "Calomino" after the family who raised him

References

  1. ↑ rsssf: Argentina record international football
  2. ↑ 1919 El año que Boca se hizo grande para siempre by Julián Iglesias on Infonews, 18 November 2012
  3. ↑ "De rabonas y otras yerbas", TN.com.ar, 27 Jan 2010
  4. ↑ Simpson, Paul; Hesse, Uli (2013). Who Invented the Stepover?: and other crucial football conundrums. London: Profile Books. p. 39. ISBN 9781847658425. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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