Francisco Palmeiro
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Arronches, Portugal | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 1956–1957 | Portugal | 3 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues (born 16 October 1932), known as Palmeiro, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
Football career
Palmeiro was born in Arronches, Portalegre District. During eight years of his senior career he played with Primeira Liga giants S.L. Benfica, leaving in 1961 after the emergence of future club and Portuguese national team legend 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 side.
On 3 June 1956, Palmeiro gained the first of three caps for Portugal, in a friendly with Spain in Lisbon, and scored all of his team's goals in a 3–1 win.
Honours
- Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60
- Taça de Portugal: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59; Runner-up 1957–58
External links
- Francisco Palmeiro at footballzz.co.uk
- Francisco Palmeiro profile at ForaDeJogo
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
- Worldfootball profile
