 Salcido in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back, defensive midfielder, centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Halcones (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Deportivo Oro[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Halcones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[4]
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. In 2024 he began his career as a manager, his first position was at the head of Halcones FC, a team that participates in the Liga Premier de México - Serie A.[5]
- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: CD Guadalajara" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
- ^ Deportivo Oro equipo en el que Salcido inició su carrera retirará su número (in Spanish)
- ^ "Olympics football: Mexico shock Brazil to win gold". BBC. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Dante Eludier presentó a Carlos Salcido como DT de Halcones FC". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.