Bleo Pedro Fournol, mostly known as Pedro Calomino (also nicknamed ''Calumín'') (13 March 1892 – 12 January 1950) was an Argentine

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who played as

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. Calomino spent nearly all of his career in

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, having also played 37 games for the Argentina national team where he scored 5 goals. It is claimed that Calomino invented the step over move Calomino is also regarded to be the first idol of Boca JuniorsDáguele Calumín
on ''El Gráfico'', published on 21 June 1940 –where he won 9 titles– and one of the best right wingers of Argentina.
on Informe Xeneize With Argentina he won the 1921 South American Championship, the first official title for the national team.Los primeros criollos campeones
''El Gráfico'' (1949)

Club career

A representative of Boca Juniors saw Calomino playing in a field in Retiro and convinced him to play for the club. Calomino debuted in the third division v River Plate. His good performances led him to be promoted to upper divisions, debuting in the senior squad in 1911, when Boca still played in

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. In 1912 he moved to

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, where he was soon regarded as the best right winger in Argentina. Calomino had brief returns to Boca Juniors (1913) and Argentino de Quilmes (1914), also playing for Hispano Argentino until 1915 when he returned to Boca Juniors, playing there until the end of his career in 1924. Calomino played a total of 222 games for Boca scoring 96 goals. He was Boca Juniors' top scoring player in six seasons: 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919. This record has only been surpassed by

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, who accomplished the feat eight times. On May 25, 1940, when the club inaugurated

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, Calomino was appointed by the club to raise the Argentine flag during the ceremony.

International career

Calomino debuted in the national team on 15 August 1917 v

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.Blas Pedro Fournol
on Historia de Boca He represented Argentina in four

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s: 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1921. In his final tournament, he captained Argentina to victory.

Honours

Club

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* Primera División (4): 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924 * Copa Competencia Jockey Club (1): 1919 *

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(2): 1919, 1923 *

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(1): 1919 *

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(1): 1920

International

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Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

(1): 1921

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calomino, Bleo Pedro Fournol 1892 births 1950 deaths Argentine people of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Association football wingers Boca Juniors footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentina international footballers Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery