Tiberiu Kallo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tiberiu Calo 1965 | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1943[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Codlea, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 9 October 2024 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Plopu, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder[1][2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964 | Marina Mangalia | ||
| 1965–1972 | Farul Constanța | 157 | (25) |
| 1973–1974 | CS Târgoviște[a] | 43 | (0) |
| Total | 200 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967 | Romania B | 1 | (0) |
| 1967 | Romania Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1967–1968 | Romania | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tiberiu Kallo (7 August 1943 – 9 October 2024) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1]
Club career
Kallo, nicknamed "Căluțul" (The Horsey), was born on 7 August 1943 in Codlea, Romania.[1][3][4] He began playing football in 1964 at Divizia C club Marina Mangalia.[1][3][4] In 1965 he moved to Farul Constanța, making his Divizia A debut on 9 May under coach Ion Mihăilescu in a 1–0 away loss to Petrolul Ploiești.[1][3][4][5] Kallo spent eight seasons with The Sailors, scoring a personal record of seven goals in the 1967–68 season.[1][3][4] He was known for being a good assist provider for goals scored by Marin Tufan, Constantin Iancu or Dumitru Caraman.[3] His best matches were a 4–4 draw against Steaua București in which he scored a brace and provided two assists, and a 4–0 success over Dinamo București where he managed a hat-trick and one assist.[3] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 25 June 1972 in a 2–1 home victory against Universitatea Craiova, having a total of 157 matches with 25 goals scored in the competition.[1] Afterwards, Kallo spent four seasons at Divizia B side CS Târgoviște, ending his career in 1976 at age 34.[1][3][4]
International career
Kallo played five games and scored one goal for Romania, making his debut under coach Constantin Teașcă on 29 October 1967, when he came as a substitute and replaced Florea Voinea in the 63rd minute of a 0–0 friendly draw against Poland.[6][7] He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly match which ended in a 1–1 draw against Austria.[6][8] Kallo's final appearance for Romania was in a 2–0 win over Switzerland in the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[6][9] He also appeared once for Romania's Olympic team and once for the B side.[10]
Personal life and death
Kallo had three brothers, two of them Mihai and Nicolae, were also footballers who played in Romania's top division Divizia A.[3][4]
He died on 9 October 2024 at age 81 in the Plopu village, which is part of the Titu city, where he was settled.[4][11]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kallo goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May 1968 | Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria |  Austria |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Notes
- ^ The statistics for the 1979–80 and 1980–81 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Tiberiu Kallo at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Tiberiu Kallo at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h "I se spunea"Caluțul": Povestile savuroase ale lui Tiberiu Kallo si ale echipei de legenda a Farului" [He was called "Horsey": Tiberiu Kallo's tasty stories and Farul's legendary team] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "A murit Tiberiu Kallo, legendara extremă a "marinarilor"" [Tiberiu Kallo, the legendary winger of the "sailors", died] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Petrolul Ploiești vs Farul Constanța 3-0". Labtof. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Tiberiu Kallo". European Football. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Poland - Romania 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Austria - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Romania - Switzerland 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Tiberiu Kallo profile". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "2024 și decedații săi din fotbalul intern" [2024 and its domestic football deceased] (in Romanian). 100sport.ro. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
External links
- Tiberiu Kallo at WorldFootball.net
- Tiberiu Kallo at Labtof.ro