Salvador Carmona

Salvador Carmona

Personal information
Full name	José Salvador Carmona Álvarez
Date of birth	(1975-08-22) 22 August 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	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)
show Honours Representing  Mexico Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998 Winner FIFA Confederations Cup 1999 Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003 Copa America 1999
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Salvador Carmona Álvarez (born 22 August 1975 in Mexico City) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender who is currently banned for life from playing professional football affiliated to FIFA for failing two separate anti-doping tests.

During his career, he obtained 85 caps for the Mexico national team since his debut in 1996. He had an important role in the success of the team at two World Cup tournaments: 1998 and 2002.^{[citation needed]}

He was involved in a doping controversy and suspended one year as was teammate Aaron Galindo, in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, therefore prohibiting both players from representing Mexico in the 2006 World Cup. 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]

Honours[]

Mexico

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1999

See also[]

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References[]

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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