Carlos Salcedo
Carlos Joel Salcedo Hernández (born 29 September 1993), also known as El Titán, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.
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Salcedo with Mexico at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Joel Salcedo Hernández | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cruz Azul | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Guadalajara | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Tigres UANL | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Real Salt Lake | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Real Salt Lake | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Guadalajara | 55 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | UANL | 85 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Toronto | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Juárez | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Cruz Azul | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Mexico U21 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Mexico Olympic | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Mexico | 47 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Salcedo began his youth career at Guadalajara in 2006 and moved to Tigres UANL and then Real Salt Lake, where he started his professional career in 2013. He would return to Guadalajara in 2015, and the following year made his move abroad with loan spells at Fiorentina and Eintracht Frankfurt, making a permanent move with the latter in 2018. In January 2019, he returned to Mexico to join Tigres UANL helping them win the 2019 Clausura and the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League. In 2022, he returns to the Major League Soccer to join Toronto. That same year he returns to Mexico to join Juárez.
A Mexican international since 2015, Salcedo has represented Mexico at the 2015 Copa América and Copa América Centenario, the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.