Salvador Carmona

Salvador Carmona

Personal information
Full name	Salvador José Carmona Álvarez
Date of birth	August 22, 1975 (1975-08-22)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defender, 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)
National team
1996–2005	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 fellow 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.

Mexico National Team

• • FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1999

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Salvador Carmona at National-Football-Teams.com
• Carmona's case Decision rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport