Carlos Salcido

He contributed an assist in the 56th minute, when his cross pass fell to American player Clint Dempsey, who headed it into the net from 8 yards to level the game at 1–1.

He played all 90 minutes.

Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores (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 progressed through the ranks having successful seasons with the youth teams until he was called up to the national team in 2001, making his official debut in the Primera División de México on 22 July 2001 in a 1–1 draw against La Piedad in 2001.

Salcido disappeared from Chivas' first squad until 2003, when he regained trust as a good defender.

He would go on to play five half-seasons registering two goals in 105 matches.

He made his first national team appearance at the age of 24 in 2004.

Salcido was a 2005 and 2006 Copa Libertadores Semifinalist with Guadalajara and a Runner-Up in Primera División (First Division), losing against Pumas in penalty shoot-outs in 2004.

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.

Salcido made his final league appearance for Guadalajara on 1 April 2006 against Pachuca in a 3–2 win.

In June and July following the 2006 FIFA World Cup, press speculation linked Salcido to several clubs in Europe, with one report claiming that he had agreed to sign for FA Premier League club Arsenal F.C. However, these speculations proved false as he signed a four-year contract with Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven on 10 July 2006.

Salcido was a first team regular in the Eredivisie under Coach Ronald Koeman, starting 33 of 34 league games in his first season at the club, which saw PSV crowned Dutch champions.

On 18 November 2006, he scored his first goal in Europe, a spectacular long-distance goal in a match against Excelsior Rotterdam that ended 4–0.

Salcido also appeared in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League.

In total Salcido played 48 Eredivisie and Champions League games that season, finishing 46 of them.

For the 2007–08 season, Salcido was awarded the number 3 shirt, previously worn by Michael Reiziger.

He was also named the team Vice-Captain after Timmy Simons was promoted to team Captain following the departure of former captain Phillip Cocu.

In his second season at PSV Salcido played 33 games in the Dutch League, and 6 games in the Champions League, Salcido was crowned champion for the second straight year with PSV.

In his third season with the club he played 28 games in the Dutch League scoring two goals.

In 2009–10 Salcido played 27 Eredivisie matches and 9 UEFA Europa League matches.

Salcido was a substitute for the beginning of the 2010–11 Eredivisie and the Europa League, where he did not appear in any matches but was soon transferred to Fulham of England.

After a good performance with Mexico at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, it was reported that Liverpool wanted to sign Salcido.

On 26 August 2010 it was announced that Fulham had agreed a £3.6 million deal with PSV to sign the player but the deal was still subject to the player agreeing terms.

The deal was then finalised the next day.

He made his debut against Blackburn Rovers on 18 September 2010.

He left the club in August 2011 on loan to club Tigres UANL.

On 17 August 2011, it was announced that Salcido was transferred to Mexican side Tigres UANL on a season-long loan.

After a robbery at his home in Claygate, London, Salcido requested to be transferred back to Mexico due to his family feeling unsettled.

In his first season back in Mexico, Salcido helped Tigres win their third league title, and their first title in over thirty years.

He won the 2012 Olympic gold medal.

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.

On 7 March 2012, Fulham confirmed that Salcido had joined Tigres on a permanent basis.

In 2014 he returned to Guadalajara, winning the league title with the club in 2017.

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.

Carlos Salcido began his football career at his nearby home town team Chivas.

On 20 May 2014, Guadalajara officially announced the signing of Salcido.

After his participation at the World Cup, Salcido made his debut for Guadalajara in a pre-season friendly match 9 July 2014 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.