Carlos Salcido

Carlos Salcido

Salcido with PSV in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores
Date of birth	(1980-04-02) 2 April 1980
Place of birth	Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Guadalajara
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2006	Guadalajara	105	(2)
2006–2010	PSV	121	(3)
2010–2012	Fulham	23	(0)
2011–2012	→ UANL (loan)	37	(1)
2012–2014	UANL	62	(4)
2014–	Guadalajara	67	(1)
National team‡
2012	Mexico Olympic	9	(0)
2004–2014	Mexico	124	(10)
Honours Representing  Mexico Men's Football Olympic Games 2012 London Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2014

Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkarlos arˈnaldo salˈsiðo ˈfloɾes]; born 2 April 1980) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Guadalajara. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can perform equally as a left back, and central defender.

After emerging through Guadalajara's youth system, he went on to be a mainstay for PSV Eindhoven, acting as vice-captain for the Dutch team and was the first player from Mexico to be champion in the Eredivise. Salcido also played a season for Fulham before returning to Mexico.

Internationally, Salcido competed with the Mexico national team in three World Cups: 2006, 2010, 2014 and three Gold Cups: 2005, 2007, 2011, He was a member of Mexico's team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He made his first appearance at the age of 24 in 2004. In 2014, Salcido officially retired from the national team.

Club career

Guadalajara

Carlos Salcido began his football career at his nearby home town team Chivas. He progressed through the ranks having successful seasons with the youth teams until he was called up to the senior team in 2001, making his official debut in the Primera División de México on 22 July 2001 in a 1–1 draw against La Piedad in 2001. Salcido disappeared from Chivas' first squad until 2003, when he regained trust as a good defender. He would go on to play five half-seasons registering two goals in 105 matches.^[2] Salcido was a 2005 and 2006 Copa Libertadores Semifinalist with Guadalajara and a Runner-Up in Primera División (First Division), losing against UNAM Pumas in penalty shoot-outs in 2004. Salcido made his final league appearance for Guadalajara on 1 April 2006 against Pachuca in a 3-2 win.

PSV Eindhoven

In June and July following the 2006 FIFA World Cup, press speculation linked Salcido to several clubs in Europe, with one report claiming that he had agreed to sign for FA Premier League club Arsenal F.C.^[3] However, these speculations proved false as he signed a four-year contract with Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven on 10 July 2006.

Salcido was a first team regular in the Eredivisie under Coach Ronald Koeman, starting 33 of 34 league games in his first season at the club, which saw PSV crowned Dutch champions. On 18 November 2006, he scored his first goal in Europe, a spectacular long-distance goal in a match against Excelsior Rotterdam that ended 4–0. Salcido also appeared in the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League. In total Salcido played 48 Eredivisie and Champions League games that season, finishing 46 of them. For the 2007–08 season, Salcido was awarded the number 3 shirt, previously worn by Michael Reiziger. He was also named the team Vice-Captain^[4] after Timmy Simons was promoted to team Captain following the departure of former captain Phillip Cocu. In his second season at PSV Salcido played 33 games in the Dutch League, and 6 games in the Champions League, Salcido was crowned champion for the second straight year with PSV. In his third season with the club he played 28 games in the Dutch League scoring two goals. In 2009–10 Salcido played 27 Eredivisie matches and 9 UEFA Europa League matches. Salcido was a substitute for the beginning of the 2010–11 Eredivisie and the Europa League, where he did not appear in any matches but was soon transferred to Fulham of England.

Fulham

After a good performance with Mexico at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, it was reported that Liverpool wanted to sign Salcido.^[5]

On 26 August 2010 it was announced that Fulham had agreed a £3.6 million deal with PSV to sign the player but the deal was still subject to the player agreeing terms. The deal was then finalised the next day.^[6] He made his debut against Blackburn Rovers on 18 September 2010. He contributed an assist in the 56th minute, when his cross pass fell to American player Clint Dempsey, who headed it into the net from 8 yards to level the game at 1–1. He played all 90 minutes.^[7] He left the club in August 2011 on loan to club Tigres UANL.^[8]

Tigres UANL

Salcido with Tigres UANL in 2011

On 17 August 2011, it was announced that Salcido was transferred to Mexican side Tigres UANL on a season-long loan. After a robbery at his home in Claygate, London, Salcido requested to be transferred back to Mexico due to his family feeling unsettled.^[9] In his first season back in Mexico, Salcido helped Tigres win their third league title, and their first title in over thirty years.

On 7 March 2012, Fulham confirmed that Salcido had joined Tigres on a permanent basis.^[8]

Return to Guadalajara

On 20 May 2014, Guadalajara officially announced the signing of Salcido.^[10] After his participation at the World Cup, Salcido made his debut for Chivas de Guadalajara in a pre-season friendly match July 9, 2014 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Against Cruz Azul, the match ended in a 2–1 win for Guadalajara, with Salcido playing the entire match.^[11][12] Salcido made his first league appearance for Guadalajara July 20, 2014 in a match against Chiapas and played for the entire match. He scored his first goal from a penalty against bitter rivals America, on November 24, 2016

International career

Salcido playing for Mexico at the 2010 FIFA World Cup vs. South Africa.

Salcido debuted with Mexico September 8, 2004 in a 2006 world cup qualifying match against Trinidad and Tobago, he soon established himself with the number 3 shirt as the national sides first choice left back. He has gone on to appear in several international competitions with Mexico. In 2005, he played in the Confederations Cup in Germany, helping the Mexico national team to a fourth-place finish, where he appeared as a starter in all five matches. During a semi-final match against Argentina, Salcido scored a goal in extra time. He recovered the ball in the Mexican area, dribbled it past three defenders while going the entire length of the pitch, then scored after the shot fooled keeper Germán Lux when it bounced off Fabricio Coloccini.

Salcido was included in the 24-man squad selected on 2 April 2006, by head coach Ricardo Lavolpe, to play for the Mexico national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Salcido played all four matches during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Salcido was called up by former Mexican international Hugo Sánchez for the 2007 Gold Cup. On 21 June 2007 he played the semifinals in the 2007 Gold Cup. The day after the game he announced that he would not participate in the 2007 Copa America with the Mexico national team because he needed rest. He played in the final of the Gold Cup, but did not fly with the team to Venezuela for the Copa America. Mexico ended the season in third place in the Copa America losing against Argentina in the semi-finals.

Salcido played all four games at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 August 2014^[13][14]

1.^ Salcido was an unused substitute in 4 Eredivisie and 2 Europa League matches.^[13]

Honours

Club

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2006–07, 2007–08^[16]
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2008^[16]

UANL

• Liga MX: Apertura 2011^[17]
• Copa MX: Clausura 2014^[18]

Guadalajara

• Copa MX: Apertura 2015^[19]
• Supercopa MX: 2016^[20]

International

Mexico Olympic

• Summer Olympics: 2012^[21]

Mexico

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2011^[22]

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.^[23]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 June 2005	AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany	Argentina	1–0	1–1 (p.s.o.)	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
2.	26 October 2005	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Uruguay	1–0	3–1	Friendly
3.	13 June 2007	Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States	Panama	1–0	1–0	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4.	26 March 2008	Craven Cottage, London, England	Ghana	1–1	2–1	Friendly
5.	15 October 2008	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada	Canada	1–1	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	14 October 2009	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago	Trinidad & Tobago	2–2	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	11 November 2011	Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Serbia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
8.	25 January 2012	Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States	Venezuela	1–1	3–1	Friendly
9.	8 June 2012	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Guyana	1–0	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	7 September 2012	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlos Salcido.

• Carlos Salcido Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
• Carlos Salcido career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• Carlos Salcido at National-Football-Teams.com
• Carlos Salcido 2014 FIFA World Cup Profile

Mexico squads
Mexico squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place 1 Sánchez 2 Galindo 3 Salcido 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Sinha 8 Pardo (c) 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Morales 12 Muñoz 13 Márquez Lugo 14 Pineda 15 Sánchez Guerrero 16 Méndez 17 Fonseca 18 Carmona 19 Medina 20 Rodríguez 21 Lozano 22 Pérez 23 Corona Coach: La Volpe Mexico squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Muñoz 2 Rodríguez 3 Salcido 4 Osorio 5 López 6  7 Sinha 8 R. García 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Osorno 12 Corona 14 Pineda 15 Morales 16 Méndez 17 Márquez Lugo 18 Padilla 19 Medina 20 J. García 21 Galindo 22 Altamirano 23 Pérez Coach: La Volpe Mexico squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Sánchez 2 Suárez 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Sinha 8 Pardo 9 Borgetti 10 Franco 11 Morales 12 Corona 13 Ochoa 14 Pineda 15 Castro 16 Méndez 17 Fonseca 18 Guardado 19 Bravo 20 García 21 Arellano 22 Rodríguez 23 Pérez Coach: La Volpe Mexico squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 O. Sánchez 2 Magallón 3 Salcido 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Medina 8 Pardo (c) 9 Borgetti 10 Blanco 11 Morales 12 Corona 13 Ochoa 14 Pinto 15 Castro 16 Lozano 17 Fonseca 18 Guardado 19 Bravo 20 Arce 21 Castillo 22 Rodríguez 23 Bautista Coach: H. Sánchez Mexico squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Pérez 2 Rodríguez 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Barrera 8 Castro 9 Franco 10 Blanco 11 Vela 12 Aguilar 13 Ochoa 14 Hernández 15 Moreno 16 Juárez 17 dos Santos 18 Guardado 19 Magallón 20 Torres Nilo 21 Bautista 22 Medina 23 Michel Coach: Aguirre Mexico squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (6th title) 1 Ochoa (Michel) 2 Rodríguez (Reynoso) 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Barrera 8 Castro 9 de Nigris 10 dos Santos 11 Reyna 12 Talavera 13 Zavala 14 J. Hernández 15 Moreno 16 Juárez 17 Sinha (Aguilar) 18 Guardado 19 Dueñas (Fabián) 20 Torres Nilo 21 Bermúdez (Mier) 22 E. Hernández 23 Orozco Coach: de la Torre Mexico men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists 1 Corona 2 I. Jiménez 3 Salcido 4 Mier 5 Chávez 6 Herrera 7 Cortés 8 Fabián 9 Peralta 10 dos Santos 11 Aquino 12 R. Jiménez 13 Reyes 14 Enríquez 15 Vidrio 16 Ponce 17 Araujo 18 Rodríguez Coach: Tena Mexico squad – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Ochoa 2 Rodríguez (c) 3 Salcido 4 Reyes 5 Molina 6 Torrado 7 Barrera 8 Reyna 9 de Nigris 10 dos Santos 11 Aquino 12 Corona 13 Meza 14 Hernández 15 Moreno 16 Herrera 17 Zavala 18 Guardado 19 Jiménez 20 Torres Nilo 21 Mier 22 Flores 23 Talavera Coach: de la Torre Mexico squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Corona 2 Rodríguez 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Reyes 6 H. Herrera 7 Layún 8 Fabián 9 Jiménez 10 dos Santos 11 Pulido 12 Talavera 13 Ochoa 14 Hernández 15 Moreno 16 Ponce 17 Brizuela 18 Guardado 19 Peralta 20 Aquino 21 Peña 22 Aguilar 23 Vázquez Coach: M. Herrera