José António Calado da Silva (born 1 March 1974), known as Calado, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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. After coming to prominence in his home country with Benfica, he spent the rest of his 19-year professional career with two teams in Spain and two in Cyprus. He amassed

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totals of 184 games and seven goals over eight seasons.

Club career

Calado was born in

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. He started his career with local Casa Pia AC, representing C.F. Estrela da Amadora and

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afterwards and reaching international status with the latter club. In the summer of 2001, Calado signed for

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side

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alongside his teammate

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, but both failed to settle, with the midfielder only totalling 22 competitive matches in two seasons. He spent 2003–04 on loan to

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team

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, and the move was subsequently made permanent. After 102 overall appearances with 15 goals (he missed the entire 2006–07 campaign due to injury), Calado moved to

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, first with

APOP Kinyras FC APOP Kinyras FC ( el, ΑΠΟΠ, Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Ομιλος Πέγειας Κινύρας, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pegeias Kinyras'', "Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras") was a Cypriot football club fr ...

, joining

AEP Paphos FC AEP Paphos ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Πάφος, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. ...

for 2008–09. He featured regularly for both clubs during his

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spell, leaving the latter in early 2010 and retiring at age 36.

International career

Calado won four

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for the Portugal national team over three years. He also represented the nation at the

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Honours

Benfica *

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: 1995–96

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calado, Jose 1974 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Casa Pia A.C. players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players S.L. Benfica footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Real Betis players Polideportivo Ejido footballers Cypriot First Division players APOP Kinyras FC players AEP Paphos FC players Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Portugal Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese association football commentators