Tiberiu Kallo


Tiberiu Kallo was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Kallo, nicknamed "Căluțul", was born on 7 August 1943 in Codlea, Romania. He began playing football in 1964 at Divizia C club Marina Mangalia. In 1965 he moved to Farul Constanța, making his Divizia A debut on 9 May under coach Ion Mihăilescu in a 1–0 away loss to 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. His best matches were a 4–4 draw against Steaua București in which he scored a brace and provided two assists, and a 4–0 success 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 victory against 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

Kallo played five games and scored one goal 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 0–0 friendly draw against Poland. He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly match which ended in a 1–1 draw against Austria. Kallo's final appearance for Romania was in a 2–0 win over Switzerland in the 1970 [FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|1970 World Cup qualifiers]. He also appeared once for Romania [Olympic football team|Romania's Olympic] team and once for the B side.

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.
He died on 9 October 2024 at age 81 in the Plopu village, which is part of the Titu city, where he was settled.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 May 1968Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria1–01–1Friendly