Carlos Salom

Carlos Salom
كارلوس سالوم
Personal information
Full name Carlos Antonio Salom Zulema
Date of birth (1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Corrientes, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Camba Cuá
2002 Mallorca
Almagro
Sacachispas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 Camba Cuá – (–)
2005–2006 Sacachispas 41 (25)
2007 Rayo Vallecano B 0 (0)
2007 Pontevedra 0 (0)
2007–2008 Barracas Central 40 (8)
2008 Sacachispas 0 (0)
2008 Cienciano 12 (3)
2009 Sacachispas 18 (0)
2009–2010 Barracas Central 16 (17)
2010–2011 Olimpo 16 (2)
2011–2012 All Boys 12 (0)
2012–2013 Deportes Concepción 34 (17)
2014–2017 Unión Española 104 (39)
2017 Puebla 5 (0)
2018–2019 Bangkok United 10 (1)
2018–2019 → Chennaiyin FC (loan) 11 (1)
2019–2020 Barracas Central 8 (0)
2021 San Luca 3 (0)
2021–2023 Boca Unidos 59 (13)
2022–2023 → Civitanovese (loan) – (–)
2023– Castanese – (–)
International career
2016 Palestine 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024

Carlos Antonio Salom Zulema (Arabic: كارلوس أنطونيو سالوم زوليما; born 15 April 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian side GS Castanese.[1] Born in Argentina, he played for the Palestine national team.

He is considered one of the top 5 players in Matchday 13 of the Thai League 1 in an article by FOX Sports Asia.[2]

Club career

Born in Corrientes, Argentina, Salom made his debut with Club Camba Cuá from his city of birth at the age of 15 in the Liga Correntina [es]. Subsequently, he moved to Spain and spent six months with Mallorca. Back to Argentina, he was with the youth ranks of both Almagro and Sacachispas.[3]

In 2007, he returned to Spain and was with Pontevedra.[4] Back to Argentina, he was with Barracas Central and Sacachispas before moving to Peru and signing with Cienciano in July 2008.[3][5]

Controversy

On September 19, 2017, Mexico was hit by a strong 7.1 earthquake in the state of Puebla which became known as the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake. After the earthquake, where hundreds of Mexicans lost their life mostly due to the collapse of buildings, Carlos Salom stated that he wished he had never gone to play soccer in Mexico, claiming he was forced to migrate to Mexico by his agent. After his statement, locals and Argentinians that live in Mexico strongly criticized him calling him ungrateful. The most noted was the Argentinean naturalized Mexican citizen Damián Zamogilny, who is considered as an iconic player in Puebla F.C. Zamogilny was quoted saying "if Carlos really wants to leave Mexico, he should rescind his contract and leave as soon as possible". Soon after the social media storm, Carlos came out and apologised for his statement. He was relegated from the first team and was sent to play in the reserves after this incident.

International career

Salom was born and raised in Argentina, but has great-grandparents from Palestine. As a result, he was eligible, and called up in March 2016, to the Palestine national football team.[6] Salom scored in his debut for Palestine in a 1-1 friendly draw against Tajikistan in September 2016.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.[8]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2016 Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine  Tajikistan 1–1 1–1 Friendly

References

  1. ^ Puebla anuncia a Carlos Salom como nuevo refuerzo‚ record.com.mx, 10 June 2017
  2. ^ "Thai League Week 13: Top 5 goals of the week – Agree or disagree?". Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Carlos Salom: de vuelta en el país después de jugar en el extranjero". www.diarioepoca.com (in Spanish). 17 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ "EST. DE JUGADORES (A-B-C)". archivodeportes1. Retrieved 13 May 2024. Se fue al Pontevedra de España (fue compañero de Trasancos, Carlos Salom y Víctor Ormazábal).
  5. ^ "Sacachispas F.C: Salom se va a Perú". www.soloascenso.com.ar (in Spanish). 18 July 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ^ Bassil (13 March 2016). "Football Palestine: Palestinians Abroad: Carlos Salom called up". Football Palestine. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  7. ^ "أخبار المنتخبات (Team news)". Palestinian Football Association. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Salóm, Carlos". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 January 2017.