Francisco Palmeiro
{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}
{{distinguish|Francisco Rodrigues (Portuguese footballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Portuguese name|Palmeiro|Rodrigues}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Francisco Palmeiro
|image =
|fullname = Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues{{WorldFootball.net}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1932|10|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = Arronches, Portugal
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|22|1932|10|16|df=y}}
|death_place = Portugal
|height = 1.73 m
|position = Forward
|youthyears1 = 1948–1949 | youthclubs1 = Arronches
|youthyears2 = 1949–1951 | youthclubs2 = O Elvas
|years1 = 1951–1953 | clubs1 = Portalegrense | caps1 = | goals1 =
|years2 = 1953–1961 | clubs2 = Benfica | caps2 = 88 | goals2 = 31
|years3 = 1961–1963 | clubs3 = Atlético |caps3 = 48 | goals3 = 10
|years4 = 1963–1965 | clubs4 = Almada | caps4 = | goals4 =
|years5 = 1965–1966 | clubs5 = Pescadores | caps5 = | goals5 =
|years6 = 1966–1967 | clubs6 = Monte Caparica | caps6 = | goals6 =
|totalcaps = | totalgoals =
|nationalyears1 = 1956–1957 | nationalteam1 = Portugal | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 3
}}
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. For 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 136 games and 41 goals – he also represented Atlético Clube de Portugal in the top division – and won three national championships and as many Taça de Portugal trophies 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.slbenfica.pt/30/news/info/1WbR2XhBa0yrqoyUQ_TFWQ|title=Faleceu Francisco Palmeiro|trans-title=Francisco Palmeiro died|publisher=S.L. Benfica|language=pt|date=23 January 2017|access-date=23 January 2017}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1956/06/04/pagina-3/642891/pdf.html#|title=Portugal, 3 – España, 1|trans-title=Portugal, 3 – Spain, 1|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Emilio L.|last=Gimeno|language=es|date=4 June 1956|access-date=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/internacional/selecao/joselu-e-mais-nove-quando-a-primeira-vez-com-a-camisola-da-selecao-e-perfeita|title=Joselu e mais nove: quando a primeira vez com a camisola da seleção é perfeita|trans-title=Joselu and nine others: when the first time in a national team jersey is perfect|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Berta|last=Rodrigues|language=pt|date=27 March 2023|access-date=27 March 2023}}
Death
Palmeiro died on 22 January 2017, aged 84.{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/22-01-2017/obito-faleceu-francisco-palmeiro-aos-84-anos|title=Óbito: faleceu Francisco Palmeiro, aos 84 anos|trans-title=Death: Francisco Palmeiro died, at the age of 84|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=22 January 2017|access-date=23 January 2017}}
Honours
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60
- Taça de Portugal: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ForaDeJogo}}
- {{Eu-Football.info|15895}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmeiro, Francisco}}
Category:Sportspeople from Portalegre District
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players
Category:S.L. Benfica footballers
Category:Atlético Clube de Portugal players