Tiberiu Kallo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tiberiu Kallo

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|08|07|df=y}}{{RomanianSoccer|1000/tiberiu-kallo}}

| birth_place = Codlea, Romania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|10|09|1943|08|07|df=y}}

| death_place = Plopu, Romania

| height = 1.68 m

| position = Attacking midfielder{{NFT|37715}}

| years1 = 1964 |clubs1 = Marina Mangalia |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1965–1972 |clubs2 = Farul Constanța |caps2 = 157 |goals2 = 25

| years3 = 1973–1974 |clubs3 = CS Târgoviște{{efn|name="CST"|The statistics for the 1979–80 and 1980–81 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.}} |caps3 = 43 |goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 200 | totalgoals = 25

| nationalyears1 = 1967 | nationalteam1 = Romania B| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1967 | nationalteam2 = Romania Olympic| nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1967–1968 | nationalteam3 = Romania| nationalcaps3 = 5 | nationalgoals3 = 1

}}

Tiberiu Kallo (7 August 1943 – 9 October 2024) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Tiberiu Kallo, nicknamed "Căluțul" (The Horsey) was born on 7 August 1943 in Codlea, Romania.{{cite web | url=https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/stiri/sport/i-se-spunea-c-lutul-povestile-savuroase-ale-lui-tiberiu-kallo-si-ale-echipei-de-legend-a-farului-27774-384778.html | title=I se spunea"Caluțul": Povestile savuroase ale lui Tiberiu Kallo si ale echipei de legenda a Farului| publisher=Ziuaconstanta.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=He was called "Horsey": Tiberiu Kallo's tasty stories and Farul's legendary team| date=27 October 2012 | access-date=20 January 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/stiri/sport/doliu-la-farul-constanta-a-murit-tiberiu-kallo-legendara-extrema-a-marinarilor-873777.html | title=A murit Tiberiu Kallo, legendara extremă a "marinarilor"| publisher=Ziuaconstanta.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Tiberiu Kallo, the legendary winger of the "sailors", died| date=9 October 2024 | access-date=3 January 2025}} He started playing football at in 1964 at Divizia C club, Marina Mangalia. In 1965 he moved to Farul Constanța, making his Divizia A debut on 9 May in a 1–0 away loss in front of Petrolul Ploiești. Kallo spent eight seasons with The Sailors, scoring a personal record of seven goals in the 1967–68 season. He was known for being a good assist provider for goals scored by Marin Tufan, Constantin Iancu or Dumitru Caraman, also his best matches were a 4–4 with Steaua București in which he scored a brace and provided two assists and a 4–0 over Dinamo București where he managed a hat-trick and one assist. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 25 June 1972 in a 2–1 home win over Universitatea Craiova, having a total of 157 matches with 25 goals scored in the competition. Afterwards, Kallo spent four seasons at Divizia B side, CS Târgoviște, ending his career in 1976 at age 34.

International career

Tiberiu Kallo played five games and scored one goal at international level 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 friendly which ended 0–0 with Poland.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10054|title=Tiberiu Kallo|publisher=European Football|access-date=20 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13910|title=Poland - Romania 0:0|publisher=European Football|access-date=31 October 2020}} He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly match which ended 1–1 against Austria.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13964|title=Austria - Romania 1:1|publisher=European Football|access-date=20 January 2020}} Kallo's final appearance for Romania was in a 1970 World Cup qualification match which ended with a 2–0 win over Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14029|title=Romania - Switzerland 2:0|publisher=European Football|access-date=31 October 2020}} He also appeared once for Romania's Olympic team and once for the B side.{{cite news|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/tiberiu-kallo-167567/|title=Tiberiu Kallo profile|publisher=11v11.com|access-date=3 January 2025}}

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.

Kallo died on 9 October 2024 at age 81 in the Plopu village which is part of the Titu city where was he was settled for many years.{{cite web | url=https://100sport.ro/2025/01/01/2024-si-decedatii-sai-din-fotbalul-intern-2/ | title=2024 și decedații săi din fotbalul intern| publisher=100sport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=2024 and its domestic football deceased| date=1 January 2025 | access-date=3 January 2025}}

Career statistics

:Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kallo goal.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Tiberiu Kallo
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
style="text-align:center"\|1	1 May 1968	Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria	{{fb\|Austria}}	style="text-align:center"\|1–0	style="text-align:center"\|1–1	Friendly

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Tiberiu Kallo

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

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style="text-align:center"|1

1 May 1968

Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria