Luis Darío Calvo (born 10 October 1977) is a retired
Argentine
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football
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player who played as an
attacking midfielder
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.
Calvo began his playing career with
Boca Juniors
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and appeared in 19
Primera Division Argentina
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matches for the club, including his debut on 16 December 1995. Next, he joined
Rosario Central
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where he would appear in another seven Primera matches. Calvo went on to play in the
Primera B for
Banfield and
Independiente Rivadavia
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. He also had spells with
AEK Athens
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Establishe ...
and
Kalamata
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in the Greek
Alpha Ethniki
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.
References
1977 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Club Atlético Banfield footballers
Independiente Rivadavia footballers
SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players
AEK Athens F.C. players
Kalamata F.C. players
Panachaiki F.C. players
C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Men's association football midfielders
20th-century Argentine sportsmen
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