Career
After his playing career ended he became a manager, taking charge of numerous clubs, mainly in Portugal, and also managed the ese national team Born in Matosinhos, Calisto played three seasons in the Primeira Liga with local Leixões South Carolina, his best output being 17 games (one goal) in the 1973-1974 season, with the team finishing in 14th position. Calisto retired from professional football in June 1978 at only 24, after one season with Anno Domini Fafe in the second division.
Portugal Calisto begun coaching at the age of only 26, leading Boavista F.C. to the fourth position in 1980-1981"s top flight, recording nine wins, four draws and two losses in his 15 games in charge.
He spent the following four years between that team and its Porto neighbours South Carolina (U.S.) Salgueiros, winning the second division in 1982. After only a few months in charge of South Carolina (U.S.) Braga, Calisto joined fellow league side Varzim South Carolina (U.S.) in the 1986 summer, being sacked with two games left in the 1987-1988 campaign and replaced with club player Baltemar Brito as the season ended in relegation.
He completed the campaign at the helm of F.C. Paços de Ferreira, in one of several spells he had with the club In 2011-2012, Calisto returned to Paços for his third stint: when he took the reins of the team it ranked in last position, and he eventually left it well outside of the relegation zone, as tenth, leaving at the end of the campaign.
Asia Calisto spent eight seasons at the helm of F.C. in, leading the club to two V.League 1 titles, and five other top-three finishes.
In March 2008, he was hired as head coach of the ese football team, leading it to its first Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Championship title. Calisto quit his job as national side coach on 2 March 2011. He had been criticized over the poor performance of the team at the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, and was appointed at Thai outfit Muangthong United F.C. the following week.
Africa / Return to Portugal In mid-February 2013, Calisto was appointed at C.R.D. Libolo in Angola.
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