Carlos Salcedo

Carlos Salcedo
Salcedo with Mexico at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Carlos Joel Salcedo Hernández[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Juárez
Number 72
Youth career
2006–2008 Guadalajara
2008–2012 Tigres UANL
2012–2013 Real Salt Lake
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Real Salt Lake 25 (1)
2015–2018 Guadalajara 55 (1)
2016–2017Fiorentina (loan) 18 (0)
2017–2018Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2019 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 (0)
2019–2022 UANL 85 (6)
2022 Toronto 13 (0)
2022–2023 Juárez 31 (0)
2023–2024 Cruz Azul 33 (0)
2024– Juárez 2 (1)
International career
2014 Mexico U21 5 (1)
2015–2016 Mexico Olympic 7 (1)
2015–2021 Mexico 47 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner 2019 United States Team
Runner-up 2021 United States Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2021

Carlos Joel Salcedo Hernández (born 29 September 1993), also known as El Titán,[2] is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Juárez.

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.

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ ""Soy más fuerte"". OnceDiario. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2022.