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
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.

† Appearances (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

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