Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues (16 October 1932 – 22 January 2017), known as Palmeiro, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues | ||
Date of birth | (1932-10-16)16 October 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Arronches, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 22 January 2017(2017-01-22) (aged 84)[1] | ||
Place of death | Portugal | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1948–1949 | Arronches | ||
1949–1951 | O Elvas | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1951–1953 | Portalegrense | ||
1953–1961 | Benfica | 88 | (31) |
1961–1963 | Atlético | 48 | (10) |
1963–1965 | Almada | ||
1965–1966 | Pescadores | ||
1966–1967 | Monte Caparica | ||
National team | |||
1956–1957 | Portugal | 3 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Palmeiro was born in Arronches, Portalegre District. During 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 level of Portuguese football – and won three national championships and as many Portuguese Cups 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.[2]
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.[3]
Benfica[2]