Antonio "Toni" Calvo Arandes (born 28 March 1987) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a winger for

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. He spent the better part of his career with

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(Greece) and

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(Cyprus).

Club career

Barcelona / Aris

Born in

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, Calvo joined

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academy at the age of 12. He made his senior debut in the 2006–07 season, totalling 385 minutes of play (only one start) as the reserves suffered relegation from the

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. Calvo signed with Greek side

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. Aris FC ( el, ΠΑΕ Άρης), commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki FC, AFC or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Created in 1914 as ''Aris Thessaloniki Football Club'', t ...

in summer 2007, agreeing to a three-year contract and reuniting with Barcelona teammate Javito (and several others overall, including manager

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). On 29 November, he scored in a 1–1 away draw against

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in the group stage of the

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. In August 2009, Calvo renewed his contract with the

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club for a further two years. He netted six times across all competitions during that season, five in the Superleague and one in the cup, as the team finished fifth in the former competition.

Parma / Bulgaria

On 27 December 2010,

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confirmed Calvo had joined on loan until the end of the campaign. He made his

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debut on 6 January of the following year in a 4–1 win at

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where he came on as a substitute for

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, but only collected two further league appearances during his spell. On 18 July 2011, Calvo moved to

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from Bulgaria on a one-year deal. He made his competitive debut on 4 August, in the Europa League qualifying round 2–1 defeat of

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, and first appeared in

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four days later, setting up the winning goal for

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in a 1–0 home victory over

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; he scored his first goal for the club on 21 October, in a 3–2 win against

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Anorthosis

In July 2012, Calvo moved to the

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with

Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

, requesting to be released at the end of the season due to the fact he was the player with the highest salary on the team and the club was facing economic problems. President Savvas Kakos obliged, but the player eventually returned for the following campaign with a much revised contract.

Later years

On 6 July 2016, Calvo returned to Greece and its top level by agreeing to a one-year deal with

Veria F.C. Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of I ...

for an undisclosed fee. He took his game to the Catalan regional leagues in 2018 and, the following year, had a failed trial at

Niki Volou FC Niki Volou Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Νίκη Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, in the region of Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of Greek footbal ...

International career

Overall, Calvo earned 16

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for Spain at youth level. He represented the under-20 team at the 2007 FIFA World Cup in Canada, playing four times for the quarter-finalists.

Club statistics

Honours

Spain U19 *

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References

External links

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Levski official profile
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