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{{short description|Canadian-American football player and coach}}
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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography
   |team=Montreal Alouettes
   |image=File:2023, Coach Anthony Calvillo.jpg
   |caption=Calvillo with the Montreal Alouettes in 2023
   |image_upright=1.0
   |import=yes
   |position1=[[Offensive coordinator]]<br>[[Quarterbacks coach]]
   |number=
   |College=[[Utah State Aggies football|Utah State]]
   |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1972|08|23}}
   |birth_place=[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
   |high_school=[[La Puente High School|La Puente]]
   |Height_ft=6
   |Height_in=1
   |Weight_lbs=200
   |hand=right
   |playing_years1={{CFL Year|1994}}
   |playing_team1=[[Las Vegas Posse]]
   |playing_years2={{CFL Year|1995}}–{{CFL Year|1997}}
   |playing_team2=[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
   |playing_years3={{CFL Year|1998}}–{{CFL Year|2013}}
   |playing_team3=[[Montreal Alouettes]]
   |coaching_years1={{CFL Year|2015}}–{{CFL Year|2017}}
   |coaching_team1=[[Montreal Alouettes]]<br>–Receivers coach (2015)<br>–Offensive coordinator (2015–2016)<br>–Quarterbacks coach (2016–2017)
   |coaching_years2={{CFL Year|2018}}
   |coaching_team2=[[Toronto Argonauts]]<br>–Quarterbacks coach
   |coaching_years3=[[2019 U Sports football season|2019]]–[[2021 U Sports football season|2021]]
   |coaching_team3=[[Montreal Carabins football|Montreal Carabins]]<br>–Assistant head coach (2019)<br>–Offensive coordinator (2021)<br>–Quarterbacks coach (2021)
   |coaching_years4={{CFL Year|2022}}–present
   |coaching_team4=Montreal Alouettes<br>–Quarterbacks coach (2022–present)<br>–Offensive coordinator (2023–present)
   |career_highlights=
* 4× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[90th Grey Cup|2002]], [[97th Grey Cup|2009]], [[98th Grey Cup|2010]], [[110th Grey Cup|2023]])
* [[Grey Cup Most Valuable Player|Grey Cup MVP]] ([[90th Grey Cup|2002]])
* 3× [[CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award|Most Outstanding Player]] ({{CFL Year|2003}}, {{CFL Year|2008}}, {{CFL Year|2009}})
* 7× [[Terry Evanshen Trophy]] ({{CFL Year|2002|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2008|2011}})
* 4× [[List of Canadian Football League annual passing leaders|CFL passing yards leader]] (2003-2005, 2011)
* 5× [[List of Canadian Football League annual passing leaders|CFL passing touchdowns leader]] (2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011)
* Second-team All-[[Big West Conference|Big West]] (1993)
* [[Las Vegas Bowl]] MVP ([[1993 Las Vegas Bowl|1993]])
* [[Montreal Alouettes#Retired numbers|Montreal Alouettes No. 13]] retired
   |CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|2002}}, {{CFL Year|2003}}, {{CFL Year|2008}}, {{CFL Year|2009}}, {{CFL Year|2012}}
   |CFLEastAllStar={{CFL Year|2000}}, {{CFL Year|2002|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2006}}, {{CFL Year|2008|2012}}

   |Awards=
   |Honours=
* 4× CFLPA Pro Player All Star Team (2002, 2003, 2008, 2010)<ref>[http://www.cflpa.com/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=24476&writer=0 CFLPA PRO PLAYER 2008 ALL STAR TEAM]</ref>
   |Records=Most career touchdown passes (455)<br>Most career pass completions (5892)<br>Most career pass attempts (9437)<br>Most career passing yards in Grey Cup games (2470 yards)
   |CFL-archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512003232/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/31
| CFHOF = anthony-calvillo
| CFHOFYear = 2017
}}
'''Anthony Calvillo''' (born August 23, 1972) is an American professional [[Canadian football|football]] coach and former [[quarterback]] who is currently the [[offensive coordinator]] and [[quarterbacks coach]] for the [[Montreal Alouettes]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). He was [[List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics|professional football's all-time passing yards leader]] from 2011 to 2020, and is first in [[List of Canadian Football League records (individual)#Passing|all-time CFL passing yards]]. In his career, he passed for 79,816 yards and is one of ten professional quarterbacks to have completed over 400 touchdown passes (the others being [[Brett Favre]], [[Warren Moon]], [[Peyton Manning]], [[Dan Marino]], [[Tom Brady]], [[Drew Brees]], [[Philip Rivers]], [[Aaron Rodgers]], and [[Ben Roethlisberger]]). His passing-yards reign ended in 2020 when Brees surpassed his record.<ref name="CFL quarterback Anthony Calvillo passes by milestone">{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/football/127814098_CFL_QB_passes_by_milestones.html |title=CFL quarterback Anthony Calvillo passes by milestone |work=northjersey.com |date=August 16, 2011 |access-date=January 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221070917/http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/football/127814098_CFL_QB_passes_by_milestones.html |archive-date=December 21, 2013 }}</ref>

Calvillo won three [[Grey Cup]] championships in [[90th Grey Cup|2002]], [[97th Grey Cup|2009]], and [[98th Grey Cup|2010]], and named [[Grey Cup Most Valuable Player]] in 2002. He also won the [[CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award]] three times, in 2003, 2008, and 2009, which ties him for second all-time behind [[Doug Flutie]]. Calvillo announced his retirement on January 21, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=441750|title=Alouettes' Calvillo announces retirement from football|work=TSN.ca|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> Calvillo was an assistant coach for the Alouettes from 2015 to 2017 and with the [[Toronto Argonauts]] in 2018.<ref name="Staff">{{cite web|url=http://en.montrealalouettes.com/2017/01/31/alouettes-unveil-coaching-staff-for-the-2017-season/|title=Alouettes unveil coaching staff for the 2017 season|work=montrealalouettes.com|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202124016/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/2017/01/31/alouettes-unveil-coaching-staff-for-the-2017-season/|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life==
Calvillo was born in [[Los Angeles, California]]. While attending [[La Puente High School]], he was a two-sport standout in [[American football|football]] and [[basketball]]. He is of [[Mexican Americans|Mexican-American]] descent. Calvillo grew up with an alcoholic and abusive father; sports were his escape from his turbulent childhood.

==College career==
Calvillo spent two seasons at [[Mt. San Antonio College]] before transferring to [[Utah State University]] in 1992. After a solid junior year as starting [[quarterback]], he had a terrific senior season in 1993. He set a school record with 3,260 yards of total offense in the regular season, and he also set a school record with five touchdown passes in a single game (he did it twice). With Calvillo leading the offense, USU won the [[Big West Conference]] championship for the first time since 1979. The Aggies finished the year with a 42&ndash;33 win over [[Ball State Cardinals football|Ball State]] in the [[Las Vegas Bowl]]; Calvillo passed for 386 yards and three [[touchdown]]s to win MVP honors.<ref name="Naylor"/> It was Utah State's first-ever bowl victory.

=== College statistics ===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="12" style="background: #0F2439; border: 2px solid #9D968D; color:white;"| Utah State Aggies
|-
! rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="5"| Passing
! colspan="3"| Rushing
|-
! Cmp !! Att !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Att !! Yds !! TD
|-
! [[1992 Utah State Aggies football team|1992]]
| 201 || 360 || 2,494 || 16 || 9 || 65 || 84 || 4
|-
! [[1993 Utah State Aggies football team|1993]]
| 247 || 469 || 3,148 || 19 || 10 || 89 || 112 || 4
|-
! Career !! 448 !! 829 !! 5,642 !! 35 !! 19 !! 154 !! 196 !! 8
|}

==Professional career==
===Las Vegas Posse===
After not being drafted by an NFL team, Calvillo started his [[Canadian Football League]] career in [[1994 CFL season|1994]] with the US expansion [[Las Vegas Posse]].<ref name="Naylor">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/from-the-sidelines/ac-a-long-way-from-vegas/article1222045/|title=AC a long way from Vegas|last=Naylor|first=David|date=July 17, 2009|work=Globe and Mail|access-date=2009-07-17|location=Toronto}}</ref>

===Hamilton Tiger-Cats===
After the Posse folded a year later in the [[CFL USA|CFL U.S. expansion]] experiment, Calvillo was selected first overall by the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] in the [[1995 CFL Dispersal Draft|dispersal draft]]. While in Hamilton, Calvillo served as a backup quarterback to players such as [[Steve Taylor (quarterback)|Steve Taylor]] and [[Matt Dunigan]].

In [[1996 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season|1996]], Calvillo threw for 518 yards against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 6. This was a Hamilton single game record. On October 25 against the Montreal Alouettes, he threw for 542 yards, which was the highest passing yardage total in the CFL that year, and rewrote the Hamilton single game record.

===Montreal Alouettes===
In [[1998 CFL season|1998]], Calvillo signed as a free agent with the [[Montreal Alouettes]], where he became one of the most outstanding quarterbacks in history. He led the Alouettes to the [[90th Grey Cup|2002 Grey Cup]], their first in 25 years, where he was named the [[Grey Cup Most Valuable Player|most valuable player in the game]].

[[File:Anthony Calvillo game action, 93rd Grey Cup.jpg|220px|thumbnail|left|Anthony Calvillo game action, 93rd Grey Cup]]
During the [[2003 CFL season]], Calvillo broke numerous Montreal Alouette passing records, completing 408 of 675 passing attempts for 5,891 yards and 37 touchdowns. In [[2004 CFL season|2004]], with 6,041 passing yards, Calvillo became the fourth quarterback in CFL history to pass for more than 6,000 yards in a single season ([[Doug Flutie]], [[David Archer (quarterback)|David Archer]], and [[Kent Austin]] being the other three), earning him the [[Canadian Football League East Division|East Division]] nomination for [[CFL's Outstanding Player Award|Most Outstanding Player]] for the third consecutive year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_oplayer |title=CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2011-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422021042/http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_oplayer |archive-date=2011-04-22 }}</ref> With Calvillo quarterbacking the Alouettes' offence, the 2004 Alouettes became the first team in CFL history to have four players with over 1,000 yards receiving in the same season: Ben Cahoon (1183 yards), Jeremaine Copeland (1154 yards), Thyron Anderson (1147 yards), and Kwame Cavil (1090 yards). In 2005, Calvillo and the Alouettes repeated the feat of four receivers over 1,000 yards: Kerry Watkins (1364 yards), Terry Vaughn (1113 yards), Ben Cahoon (1067 yards), and Dave Stala (1037 yards).

The [[2008 CFL season]] saw Calvillo hit a number of career milestones. On June 26, in a game against the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]], Calvillo surpassed [[Danny McManus]] to become the second-all-time leading passer in the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]. On July 31, in another game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Calvillo became the fourth quarterback in league history to reach 300 career touchdown passes. On August 15, 2008, in a game against the [[Toronto Argonauts]], Calvillo became the second quarterback in CFL history after Damon Allen to reach 4,000 career pass completions. With 5,633 passing yards and 43 touchdown passes, Calvillo won the 2008 Most Outstanding Player award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/540819|title=Als' Calvillo, Argonauts' Dorsey take CFL honours|date=2008-11-20|publisher=Toronto Star|access-date=2008-11-21}}</ref> Calvillo led the Montreal Alouettes to the [[96th Grey Cup|2008 Grey Cup]] final, which the Alouettes lost 22–14 to the [[Calgary Stampeders]].

In [[2009 CFL season|2009]], Calvillo added to his club records while reaching more CFL milestones. On July 23, 2009, he surpassed Canadian Football Hall of Famer [[Ron Lancaster]]'s 334 career touchdown passes to move into second place all time.  He sat out two games during the regular season, but still accumulated 4639 yards while posting a remarkable 72.0% completion rate, the second best single-season completion rate in CFL history behind [[Dave Dickenson]]'s 73.98% mark set in [[2005 BC Lions season|2005]]. Calvillo led Montreal to a 16-point fourth quarter comeback victory in the [[97th Grey Cup]] on Nov. 29, when the Alouettes defeated the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] 28–27 on a last-second field goal known as the "13th Man" finish.

[[File:Montreal Grey Cup.jpg|thumb|Anthony Calvillo (13) in the [[96th Grey Cup]].]]
Calvillo won his third Grey Cup on November 28, 2010, at [[98th Grey Cup]] in [[Edmonton, Alberta]] where he defeated the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] 21-18 for the second year in a row. He added to his record total of passing yards in Grey Cup games with 2470 yards, as well as setting the record for Grey Cup starts with eight. As of the [[2010 CFL season]], Calvillo is 3–5 in Grey Cup Championship Games.

In a post-game interview, he revealed that he would be undergoing off-season surgery to remove a lesion on his [[thyroid]] that was discovered after he injured his sternum during the season.<ref>https://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-reveals-he-needs-surgery {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926021821/http://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-reveals-he-needs-surgery |date=2015-09-26 }} Calvillo reveals he needs surgery</ref> On December 21, 2010, it was reported that Calvillo had successful thyroidectomy surgery to remove a cancerous lesion.<ref>https://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-to-return-in-2011-despite-cancer-diagnosis {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220064855/http://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-to-return-in-2011-despite-cancer-diagnosis |date=2011-12-20 }} Calvillo to return in 2011 despite cancer diagnosis</ref>

On July 15, 2011, in a game against the Toronto Argonauts, Calvillo completed his CFL record 395th career touchdown pass to [[Éric Deslauriers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/new-touchdown-king |title=New Touchdown King: Calvillo throws TD 395 |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224930/http://www.cfl.ca/article/new-touchdown-king |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On August 4 of that same season, and again against the Argonauts, Calvillo completed his 5159th pass completion to [[Brandon London]] to move past [[Damon Allen]] to become the leader in that category as well.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-sets-completions-record-against-argos |title=Calvillo sets completions record against Argos |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202816/http://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-sets-completions-record-against-argos |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Then, on October 10, 2011, Calvillo completed a touchdown pass to [[Jamel Richardson]] to become professional football's all-time leading passer, in the Alouettes' third and final game against the Toronto Argonauts that year.<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Anthony+Calvillo+sets+record+topple+Argos/5528432/story.html Anthony Calvillo sets record as Als topple Argos]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016084930/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Anthony%2BCalvillo%2Bsets%2Brecord%2Btopple%2BArgos/5528432/story.html |date=October 16, 2011 }}</ref> In 2012, Calvillo became the only player in football history to pass 5,000 yards seven times in his career.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anthony Calvillo signs for 2 years with Alouettes|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/anthony-calvillo-signs-for-2-years-with-alouettes-1.1287017 | work=CBC News}}</ref> He reached 4,000 yards passing eleven times in his career (a CFL record); only [[Peyton Manning]] of the [[NFL]] has reached the 4,000 mark more times in his career with fourteen 4,000 yard seasons. He also set another CFL record having 8 consecutive 300+ passing yards games in a single season, breaking the record he shared with Doug Flutie.

Calvillo signed a two-year contract on December 13, 2012, with the deal keeping him with the Als through the 2014 season. In Week 8 of the [[2013 CFL season]], Calvillo left the game after taking a hit from Saskatchewan's [[Ricky Foley]]. Three days after the game, it was announced that he had suffered a concussion, and missed the Week 9 game against the [[BC Lions]] and the Week 10 game against the [[Toronto Argonauts]].<ref>[https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=430139 Concussion in Week 8, 2013 Season]</ref> On September 4, 2013, the Als placed Calvillo on the 9-game injury list.<ref>[https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=431176 Placed on 9-game injury list for second half of 2013 season]</ref> On October 18, 2013, the Montreal Alouettes general manager and head coach [[Jim Popp]] announced that Calvillo would not be returning to play for the remainder of the 2013 season.<ref>[https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=434437 Will not return for 2013 season]</ref>

On January 21, 2014, Calvillo announced his retirement from professional football. Before his retirement, he was offered the offensive coordinator position with the Alouettes but declined.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/next-anthony-calvillo-201454324.html|title=What's next for Anthony Calvillo?|last=Buccholtz|first=Andrew|work=yahoo.com|date=January 20, 2014|access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> On October 13, 2014, Calvillo's jersey number, #13, was retired in a halftime ceremony at McGill Stadium. Upon his retirement, he was the last active player that played for an American-based CFL team during its expansion to the US in the mid-1990s.

==Career statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="85%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="9" | Passing
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="6" | Rushing
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! GP
! GS
! Att
! Cmp
! Pct
! Yds
! TD
! Int
! Rtg
! Att
! Yds
! Avg
! Lng
! TD
! Fum
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994 CFL season|1994]]
| [[1994 Las Vegas Posse season|LV]]
| 17
| 14
| 348
| 154
| 44.3
| 2,582
| 13
| 15
| 64.4
| 42
| 195
| 4.6
| 21
| 2
| 9
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1995 CFL season|1995]]
| [[1995 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season|HAM]]
| 18
| 9
| 385
| 211
| 54.8
| 2,831
| 19
| 21
| 72.1
| 24
| 51
| 2.1
| 13
| 2
| 5
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996 CFL season|1996]]
| [[1996 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season|HAM]]
| 13
| 7
| 265
| 157
| 59.2
| 2,571
| 13
| 13
| 87.8
| 40
| 311
| 7.8
| 53
| 1
| 2
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1997 CFL season|1997]]
| [[1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season|HAM]]
| 12
| 10
| 278
| 160
| 57.6
| 2,177
| 12
| 11
| 80.6
| 53
| 242
| 4.6
| 29
| 2
| 12
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998 CFL season|1998]]
| [[1998 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 5
| 172
| 98
| 57.0
| 1,526
| 6
| 10
| 74.0
| 31
| 121
| 3.9
| 11
| 1
| 1
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1999 CFL season|1999]]
| [[1999 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 9
| 249
| 166
| 66.7
| 2,592
| 13
| 6
| 108.4
| 56
| 211
| 3.8
| 27
| 3
| 3
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000 CFL season|2000]]
| [[2000 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 17
| 435
| 272
| 62.5
| 4,277
| 27
| 5
| 111.1
| 58
| 230
| 4.0
| 26
| 2
| 6
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2001 CFL season|2001]]
| [[2001 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 15
| 412
| 250
| 60.7
| 3,671
| 16
| 9
| 93.6
| 40
| 253
| 6.3
| 29
| 1
| 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002 CFL season|2002]]
| [[2002 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 17
| 569
| 338
| 59.4
| 5,013
| 27
| 10
| 96.8
| 45
| 327
| 7.3
| 24
| 3
| 5
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2003 CFL season|2003]]
| [[2003 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 18
| 675
| 408
| 60.4
| 5,891
| 37
| 14
| 98.4
| 45
| 169
| 3.8
| 46
| 1
| 12
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004 CFL season|2004]]
| [[2004 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 18
| 690
| 431
| 62.5
| 6,041
| 31
| 15
| 96.6
| 44
| 237
| 5.4
| 18
| 1
| 2
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2005 CFL season|2005]]
| [[2005 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 17
| 661
| 437
| 66.1
| 5,556
| 34
| 19
| 97.4
| 35
| 189
| 5.4
| 15
| 6
| 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006 CFL season|2006]]
| [[2006 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 18
| 640
| 402
| 62.8
| 4,714
| 20
| 15
| 85.8
| 28
| 185
| 6.6
| 21
| 2
| 3
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2007 CFL season|2007]]
| [[2007 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 13
| 13
| 459
| 308
| 67.1
| 3,608
| 17
| 8
| 95.8
| 21
| 137
| 6.5
| 17
| 0
| 3
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008 CFL season|2008]]
| [[2008 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 17
| 17
| 682
| 472
| 69.2
| 5,633
| 43
| 13
| 107.2
| 26
| 189
| 7.3
| 29
| 2
| 1
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2009 CFL season|2009]]
| [[2009 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 16
| 550
| 396
| 72.0
| 4,639
| 26
| 6
| 108.4
| 32
| 198
| 6.2
| 30
| 2
| 3
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010 CFL season|2010]]
| [[2010 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 16
| 15
| 562
| 380
| 67.6
| 4,839
| 32
| 7
| 108.1
| 16
| 107
| 6.7
| 16
| 0
| 6
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2011 CFL season|2011]]
| [[2011 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 18
| 654
| 404
| 61.8
| 5,251
| 32
| 8
| 98.2
| 21
| 155
| 7.4
| 20
| 1
| 9
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012 CFL season|2012]]
| [[2012 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 18
| 17
| 555
| 333
| 60.0
| 5,082
| 31
| 14
| 98.3
| 19
| 155
| 8.2
| 22
| 2
| 3
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2013 CFL season|2013]]
| [[2013 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
| 7
| 7
| 196
| 115
| 58.7
| 1,322
| 6
| 5
| 78.7
| 6
| 26
| 4.3
| 9
| 0
| 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" | [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] totals
! 329
! 277
! 9,437
! 5,892
! 62.4
! 79,816
! 455
! 224
! 95.5
! 682
! 3,688
! 5.4
! 53
! 34
! 93
|}

=== Playoffs ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="98" |
!YEAR & GAME
!TEAM
!GP
!GS
!ATT
!COMP
!YD
!TD
!INT
!
!RUSH
!YD
!TD
|-
|1995 North Semi-Final
|HAM
|1
|0
|0
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
|0
| -
| -
|-
|1996 East Semi-Final
|HAM
|1
|1
|37
|20
|234
|1
|4
|
|6
|22
|0
|-
|1998 East Semi-Final
|MTL
|1
|0
|1
|0
| 0
| 0
|0
|
|0
| -
| -
|-
|1998 East Final
|MTL
|1
|0
|0
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
|0
| -
| -
|-
|1999 East Final
|MTL
|1
|0
|7
|3
|12
|0
|0
|
|0
| -
| -
|-
|2000 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|21
|8
|165
|1
|1
|
|2
|6
|0
|-
|2001 East Semi-Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|38
|18
|229
|1
|1
|
|4
|50
|0
|-
|2002 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|26
|17
|142
|0
|0
|
|6
|28
|0
|-
|2003 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|35
|25
|228
|2
|1
|
|4
|40
|1
|-
|2004 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|23
|16
|176
|0
|0
|
|2
|1
|0
|-
|2005 East Semi-Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|31
|22
|314
|3
|0
|
|1
|10
|0
|-
|2005 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|33
|19
|190
|0
|0
|
|3
|22
|0
|-
|2006 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|22
|14
|252
|1
|1
|
|4
|23
|0
|-
|2007 East Semi-Final
|MTL
|0
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
| -
| -
| -
|-
|2008 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|32
|20
|295
|1
|0
|
|3
|29
|0
|-
|2009 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|28
|19
|312
|5
|1
|
|3
|24
|0
|-
|2010 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|26
|19
|334
|2
|1
|
|3
|16
|0
|-
|2011 East Semi-Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|42
|30
|513
|3
|1
|
|2
|12
|0
|-
|2012 East Final
|MTL
|1
|1
|34
|20
|303
|0
|2
|
|1
|0
|0
|-
|2013 East Semi-Final
|MTL
|0
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
| -
| -
| -
|-
! colspan="2" |Totals
!18
!14
!436
!270
!3699
!20
!13
!
!44
!283
!1
|}

=== Grey Cup ===
{| class="wikitable"
!YEAR
!TEAM
!GP
!GS
!ATT
!COMP
!YD
!TD
!INT
!
!RUSH
!YD
!TD
|-
|2000
|MTL
|1
|1
|26
|13
|242
|2
|2
|
|4
|16
|0
|-
|2002
|MTL
|1
|1
|31
|11
|260
|2
|0
|
|1
|12
|0
|-
|2003
|MTL
|1
|1
|38
|22
|371
|2
|0
|
|1
|4
|0
|-
|2005
|MTL
|1
|1
|43
|29
|361
|1
|1
|
|4
|21
|1
|-
|2006
|MTL
|1
|1
|41
|20
|234
|0
|0
|
|2
|12
|0
|-
|2008
|MTL
|1
|1
|38
|29
|352
|0
|2
|
|0
| -
| -
|-
|2009
|MTL
|1
|1
|39
|26
|314
|2
|0
|
|4
|23
|0
|-
|2010
|MTL
|1
|1
|42
|29
|336
|0
|0
|
|2
|16
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Totals
!8
!8
!298
!179
!2,470
!9
!5
!
!18
!104
!1
|}

==Coaching career==

=== Montreal Alouettes ===
On December 15, 2014, the Montreal Alouettes announced that Calvillo would be joining the team as an offensive coach in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-to-resume-als-career-as-an-offensive-coach | title=Calvillo to resume Als career as an offensive coach | publisher=cfl.ca | date=December 15, 2014 | access-date=December 15, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215193022/http://www.cfl.ca/article/calvillo-to-resume-als-career-as-an-offensive-coach | archive-date=December 15, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> On January 29, 2015, Calvillo was appointed as the receivers coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/football/alouettes/calvillo-entra%C3%AEneur-des-receveurs-1.2126237|title=Calvillo entraîneur des receveurs de passes|work=RDS.ca|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref> After the firing of Alouettes head coach [[Tom Higgins (Canadian football)|Tom Higgins]], Calvillo was named the quarterbacks coach for the Alouettes on August 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/anthony-calvillo-named-quarterbacks-coach-for-alouettes-1.3200478|title=Anthony Calvillo named quarterbacks coach for Alouettes|last=Beacon|first=Bill|work=cbc.ca|date=August 22, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref> After a few weeks, the team's [[offensive coordinator]], [[Turk Schonert]], was fired and Calvillo was named co-offensive coordinator along with [[Ryan Dinwiddie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.montrealalouettes.com/2015/09/05/anthony-calvillo-ryan-dinwiddie-promoted-co-offensive-coordinators/|title=Anthony Calvillo and Ryan Dinwiddie promoted co-offensive coordinators|work=montrealalouettes.com|date=September 5, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> Going into the [[2016 Montreal Alouettes season|2016 season]], Calvillo was named offensive coordinator with [[Jacques Chapdelaine]] as his special advisor as he grew into the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2016/03/21/calvillo-als-ready-get-offence-back-track/|title=Calvillo, Als ready to get offence back on track|work=cfl.ca|date=March 21, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> After head coach [[Jim Popp]] resigned and Chapdelaine was promoted to that position, Chapdelaine also took over play-calling duties from Calvillo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/calvillo-unhappy-with-demotion-but-committed-to-alouettes-success|title=Calvillo unhappy with demotion, but committed to Alouettes' success|last=Zurkowsky|first=Herb|work=montrealgazette.com|date=September 28, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> For the [[2017 Montreal Alouettes season|2017 season]], Calvillo was announced as the quarterbacks coach.<ref name="Staff" />

=== Toronto Argonauts ===
On March 19, 2018, the Argos announced the hiring of Calvillo as their quarterback coach.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/argos-hire-als-great-calvillo-as-qb-coach-1.1031146|title=Argos hire Als great Calvillo as QB coach - Article - TSN|date=2018-03-19|work=TSN|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> The hire reunited Calvillo with his former general manager [[Jim Popp]], and head coach [[Marc Trestman]].

=== Montreal Carabins ===
On December 19, 2018, Calvillo was named as the assistant head coach for the [[Montreal Carabins football]] team in [[U Sports]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/carabins-hire-calvillo-as-assistant-coach-1.1228729|title=Carabins hire Calvillo as assistant coach|date=December 19, 2018}}</ref> The move reunited Calvillo with [[Danny Maciocia]], who was an offensive coach with the Alouettes from 1996 to 2001. He was promoted to [[offensive coordinator]] and [[quarterbacks coach]] and served in that capacity for the [[2021 U Sports football season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/football/2021-03-20/anthony-calvillo/notre-priorite-c-est-le-bien-etre-de-nos-joueurs.php |title=Notre priorité, c'est le bien-être de nos joueurs |publisher=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] |language=French |date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>

===Montreal Alouettes (II)===
On January 6, 2022, it was announced that Calvillo had re-joined the Alouettes' coaching staff as the team's [[quarterbacks coach]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/2022/01/06/anthony-calvillo-returns-alouettes-quarterback-coach/ | title=Anthony Calvillo Returns to the Alouettes as Quarterback Coach | publisher=[[Montreal Alouettes]] | date=January 6, 2022}}</ref> In early December 2022 it was reported that Calvillo was one of five finalists for the vacant Alouettes head coaching job. 
<ref> {{Cite web |author=3Down Staff |date=2022-12-08 |title=Anthony Calvillo, Jason Maas among five finalists for Montreal Alouettes' head coaching job |url=https://3downnation.com/2022/12/08/anthony-calvillo-jason-maas-among-five-finalists-for-montreal-alouettes-head-coaching-job/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=3DownNation |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2023, Calvillo was the Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach, winning his first Grey Cup as a coach.

==Honors==
*2011 Pro Football record all-time leader in passing yards
*2002, 2009, 2010 [[Grey Cup]] Champion
*2003, 2008, 2009 [[CFL's Outstanding Player Award|CFL Most Outstanding Player]]
*2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 [[Terry Evanshen Trophy|East Division Most Outstanding Player]]
*2002 [[Grey Cup Most Valuable Player]]
*2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 CFL All-Star team
*2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 CFL East Division All-Star team
*2002, 2003, 2008, 2010 CFLPA All-Star team
*2004 CFLPA East Division All-Star team
*2004 [[Rogers Fans' Choice Award|Fans' Choice Award]]

In 2012 in honour of the [[100th Grey Cup]], [[Canada Post]] used his image on a series of commemorative postage stamps. The image was also used on presentation posters and other materials to promote the Grey Cup game and other celebrations associated with the centennial.

On October 13, 2014, the Alouettes organization retired Calvillo's number 13 in a half-time ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|title=Calvillo to be honoured|url=https://www.tsn.ca/video/calvillo-to-be-honoured-1.105423|publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN]].ca|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref>

He was inducted into the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cfhof.ca/2017/03/23/canadian-football-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017-features-all-time-leaders-big-time-builders/ | title=Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017 features All-Time Leaders, Big-Time Builders | publisher=cfhof.ca | date=March 23, 2017 | access-date=February 25, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Calvillo and his wife Alexia have two daughters and reside year-round in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themontrealeronline.com/2013/01/anthony-and-alexia-calvillo-surviving-cancer-and-making-a-difference/|title=Anthony and Alexia Calvillo - surviving cancer and making a difference|last=Kerr|first=Peter|work=themontrealeronline.com|date=January 15, 2013|access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> Calvillo became a Canadian citizen on November 19, 2021.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://carabins.umontreal.ca/football/entraineurs/anthony-calvillo-assistant-entraineur-chef-et-entraineur-des-quarts-arrieres/ Montreal Carabins bio]
*[https://sports.yahoo.com/news/football-thursday--anthony-calvillo--greatest-qb-you-have-never-seen--didn-t-need-steelers-to-validate-career-041617509.html Anthony Calvillo, Greatest QB You Have Never Seen]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/sports/football/anthony-calvillo-of-the-cfl-is-pro-footballs-top-passer.html?_r=0 Anthony Calvillo of the C.F.L. is Pro Football's Top Passer]
*[https://www.baltimoresun.com/2011/10/12/an-unlikely-pass-master/ An unlikely pass master]

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