Salvador Carmona
| Salvador Carmona | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salvador José Carmona Álvarez | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-08-22) August 22, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–2000 | Toluca | 159 | (9) |
| 2000–2001 | Atlante | 48 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Toluca | 78 | (8) |
| 2004 | Guadalajara | 38 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Cruz Azul | 46 | (2) |
| Total | 369 | (21) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2005[1] | Mexico | 84 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Salvador José Carmona Álvarez (born 22 August 1975 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican football defender who is currently banned for life from playing professional soccer affiliated to FIFA for failing two separate anti-doping tests.
During his career, he obtained 85 caps for the Mexican national team since his debut in 1996, and participated in the World Cup's of 1998 and 2002, in which he played an important role in the team.
He was involved in a doping controversy and suspended one year along with teammate Aaron Galindo in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, therefore prohibiting both players from representing Mexico in the 2006 World Cup. Finally, on 16 May 2007, Carmona received a lifetime ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for testing positive once again in an antidoping control test taken on 31 January 2006.[2]
Mexico National Team
- FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1999
See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References
- Jump up ^ "José Salvador Carmona – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- Jump up ^ Rodriguez, Carlos (19 May 2007). "Carmona gets lifetime doping suspension". USATODAY.com.
External links
- Salvador Carmona at National-Football-Teams.com
- Carmona's case Decision rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
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