Calle learnt rugby union at the Haut Vernet Lay Centre in Perpignan.

As a junior player he reinforced the senior team, then, joining the USA Perpignan rugby union team where he played alongside Jo Maso, he switched codes in 1968 and joined rugby league Saint-Estève.

He played with the France national team in the first part of football matches, notably at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.

After his international retirement in 1977, he embraced a club career in Saint-Estève, later notably coaching the Roussillon representative team of France Rugby League.

After his retirement, he chose to play amateur rugby league, taking part in 3 international tournaments for the Basque Coast side Les Archiball in 1981, 1983 and 1986.