Francisco Luís Palmeiro Rodrigues (16 October 1932 – 22 January 2017), known as Palmeiro, was a Portuguese

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Palmeiro was born in Arronches,

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. For eight years of his senior career he played with Primeira Liga side

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, leaving in 1961 after the emergence of

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. 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

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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

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in the 1957–58 campaign.

International career

On 3 June 1956, Palmeiro earned the first of three

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for

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, in a friendly with

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. He scored all of his team's goals in a 3–1 win in Lisbon.

Death

Palmeiro died on 22 January 2017, aged 84.

Honours

Benfica * Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60 *

: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmeiro, Francisco 1932 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Portalegre District Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica footballers Atlético Clube de Portugal players Portugal international footballers