Carlos Salcido
Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores (Latin American Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos aɾˈnoldo salˈsiðo ˈfloɾes]; born 2 April 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer. He started his career as a centre-back and played most of it as left-back, then converted to defensive midfielder and ended it as centre-back. He won the 2012 Olympic gold medal.
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Salcido in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back, defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Deportivo Oro | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | Guadalajara | 96 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | PSV | 121 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Fulham | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → UANL (loan) | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | UANL | 86 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Guadalajara | 117 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Veracruz | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 509 | (13) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mexico Olympic (O.P.) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2014 | Mexico | 123 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Eredivisie. Salcido also played a season for Fulham before returning to Mexico with Tigres UANL. In 2014 he returned to Guadalajara, winning the league title with the club in 2017.
Internationally, Salcido represented the 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 national team appearance at the age of 24 in 2004. In 2014, after the World Cup in Brazil, Salcido officially retired from the national team.
Salcido served as the first president of the Liga de Balompié Mexicano.