José Luis Calderón
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Luis Calderón | ||
| Date of birth | October 24, 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1989 | Cambaceres | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Cambaceres | 83 | (43) |
| 1992–1995 | Estudiantes LP | 118 | (52) |
| 1996–1997 | Independiente | 41 | (23) |
| 1997–1998 | Napoli | 6 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Independiente | 64 | (28) |
| 2000–2001 | América | 40 | (8) |
| 2001–2003 | Atlas | 65 | (28) |
| 2003 | Independiente | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 52 | (20) |
| 2005–2007 | Estudiantes LP | 65 | (26) |
| 2007–2008 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 32 | (9) |
| 2008–2009 | Estudiantes LP | 34 | (5) |
| 2010 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | (3) |
| 2010 | Cambaceres | 1 | (1) |
| Total | 625 | (244) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1999 | Argentina | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José Luis Calderón (born October 24, 1970) is an Argentine former football striker. He played for 17 years between 1989 and 2006 without winning a trophy, but since then, between the ages of 36 and 39 he won four major championships with three teams.
Nicknamed Caldera, he is remembered for a 48-metre goal he scored against Boca Juniors in 1999 and for his hat-trick against Estudiantes' derby rivals Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata on October 15, 2006. He retired in 2010, at almost 40 years of age.
After a promising spell in the youth system of Defensores de Cambaceres, he was transferred to the team he is a fan of, Estudiantes de La Plata. His scoring helped the team return from relegation in 1994. Later, he played for Independiente and Arsenal de Sarandí in Argentina, as well as Atlas and América in Mexico. He also played for Italian side S.S.C. Napoli during the 1997–98 season.
Calderón has had multiple spells with Estudiantes, Independiente and Arsenal de Sarandí. He did not win any major honours until late in his career, winning the 2006 Apertura with Estudiantes and the 2007 Copa Sudamericana with Arsenal.
In July 2008 he rejoined Estudiantes for the third time in his career. He was runner-up with the team in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana, and was part of the squad that won 2009 Copa Libertadores, where he was used exclusively as a substitute.
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