Pedro Calomino

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Pedro Calomino
Personal information
Full name	Bleo Pedro Fournol Calomino
Date of birth	March 13, 1892
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	January 12, 1950
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1911-1913 1914 1915-1924	Boca Juniors Hispano Argentina Boca Juniors	28 (12)  ? (?) 194 (85)
National team
1917-1921	Argentina	37 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Bleo Pedro Fournol Calomino (March 13, 1892 - January 12, 1950) was an Argentine football striker. He played nearly all of his career for Boca Juniors, he also played 37 games for the Argentina national football team scoring 5 goals.^[1]

Calomino made his debut for Boca in 1911 scoring a goal in a 2-1 victory over Club Atlético Independiente. He played for the club until 1924, except a single season with Hispano Argentina in 1914. He played a total of 222 games for Boca scoring 97 goals.

Contents 1 Club titles 2 International career 3 Titles 4 Facts 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club titles

Season	Club	Title
1919	Boca Juniors	Primera Amateur
1919	Boca Juniors	Copa Competencia
1919	Boca Juniors	Copa Ibarguen
1919	Boca Juniors	Tie Cup
1920	Boca Juniors	Primera Amateur
1920	Boca Juniors	Copa de Honour
1923	Boca Juniors	Primera Amateur
1923	Boca Juniors	Copa Ibarguen
1924	Boca Juniors	Primera Amateur

[edit] International career

Calomino represented Argentina in four Copa América championships: 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1921. In his final tournament he captained Argentina to victory.

[edit] Titles

Season	Team	Title
1921	Argentina	Copa América

[edit] Facts

• He was born Bleo Pedro Fournol, he took the name Calomino from the family that raised him.

• It is claimed that Calomino invented the Bicycle Kick

• Calomino was Boca's top scoring player in six seasons: 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919. This record has only been surpassed by Martín Palermo (8).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Informe Xeneize biography (Spanish)