Tiberiu Kallo (7 August 1943 â 9 October 2024) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Kallo, nicknamed "CÃÂluÃÂul" (The Horsey), was born on 7 August 1943 in Codlea, Romania. He began playing football in 1964 at Divizia C club Marina Mangalia. In 1965 he moved to Farul ConstanÃÂa, making his Divizia A debut on 9 May under coach Ion MihÃÂilescu in a 1âÂÂ0 away loss to Petrolul PloieÃÂti. Kallo spent eight seasons with The Sailors, scoring a personal record of seven goals in the 1967âÂÂ68 season. He was known for being a good assist provider for goals scored by Marin Tufan, Constantin Iancu or Dumitru Caraman. His best matches were a 4âÂÂ4 draw against Steaua BucureÃÂti in which he scored a brace and provided two assists, and a 4âÂÂ0 success over Dinamo BucureÃÂti where he managed a hat-trick and one assist. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 25 June 1972 in a 2âÂÂ1 home victory against Universitatea Craiova, having a total of 157 matches with 25 goals scored in the competition. Afterwards, Kallo spent four seasons at Divizia B side CS TârgoviÃÂte, ending his career in 1976 at age 34.
Kallo played five games and scored one goal for Romania, making his debut under coach Constantin TeaÃÂcàon 29 October 1967, when he came as a substitute and replaced Florea Voinea in the 63rd minute of a 0âÂÂ0 friendly draw against Poland. He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly match which ended in a 1âÂÂ1 draw against Austria. Kallo's final appearance for Romania was in a 2âÂÂ0 win over Switzerland in the 1970 World Cup qualifiers. He also appeared once for Romania's Olympic team and once for the B side.
Kallo had three brothers, two of them Mihai and Nicolae, were also footballers who played in Romania's top division Divizia A.
He died on 9 October 2024 at age 81 in the Plopu village, which is part of the Titu city, where he was settled.