Salcido with PSV 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 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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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 | 71 | (1) | ||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
2012 | Mexico Olympic | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2004–2014 | Mexico | 124 | (10) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* 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.