Calisto Avila

**Calisto Ávila**, known as Calisto, is a minor character in ***Darlin'***. Calisto appears as Ana Sophía's rival during their clash in the 2017 Women's Super League Final held in Houston, Texas. She appears in ***Darlin'*** as captain of the Jaguars FC. Having been born and raised in São Paulo, Ana Sophía regards her as a career motivation due to their rivalry in 2017.

## Biography

### Early Life

Calisto was born and raised in the neighborhood of Alphaville, a wealthy zone in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. She was raised by her mother, Adriana Ávila & her father, Vanderlei Ávila. Calisto was schooled in a bilingual education ambient, learning English since age 5. Having watched her father compete in semi-pro competitive football, she pursued her dream of going pro since age 12. The ambition of wanting to give Calisto a proper education handed the Avila family the motivation to save money and immigrate to the United States when the opportunity of taking part of a trial for a football team from the Women's Super League came about.

## Career

### Start from zero

With the 2017 Women's Super League campaign being announced in April of 2017, Calisto was signed on a 1-year contract by Jaguars FC, a debuting club based in Champaign, Illinois. Her trial was recorded as one of the most impressive candidates to pass trials, qualifying in all areas of challenge that included free kicks, volleys, headers and passing. She was given the number 10 jersey and was named captain of the squad ahead of the tournament. In June 06 of 2017, Calisto made her debut, scoring 2 goals.

### Liam's watch

During Calisto's second match of the group stage against Red Hawks, Calisto is targeted by Liam Stones through his debuting earpiece system, an on-demand network in which team captains receive orders in exchange for a stipend. American striker Rachel Gomez is hired during the match to injure Calisto, succeeding as she manages to elbow her and cause Calisto to be substituted out of the match. These ongoing hires-for-pay became the start of in-game corruption and tremendously pumped money into the Super League gambling industry.

### Brazilian rivalry

Calisto continued her scoring streak through the rest of the group stage and knockout stage, commencing comparisons with fellow Brazilian league player Ana Sophía. Numerous times was she questioned on her thoughts of Ana Sophía but Calisto declined to ever share words. Ahead of the 2017 Women's Super League Final at the BBVA Stadium in Texas, Calisto accumulated 13 goals in 11 matches, 2 more goals than 2nd place Ana Sophía, for the golden boot. Calisto was highly backed to win the league title, along with the golden boot.

### Darlin' Appearance

Ana Sophía numerously praises Calisto's ability to score during the championship match, warning her teammates of her threat as they endure the last two minutes of the match. With a lead of 2 goals on the scoreboard, Calisto manages to score after getting past Ana Sophía. The game ended shortly after, handing Calisto a shocking loss for her team in a stadium full of majority-supporting Jaguar FC fans. Nonetheless, she was handed the golden boot with a total of 15 goals in 12 matches. We never learn the date of Calisto after the events of the clash with Ana Sophía.