Carlos Salom

Carlos Antonio Salom Zulema (born 15 April 1987 in San Antonio Oeste, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Palestinian footballer.[1]

Carlos Salom
Personal information
Full name Carlos Antonio Salom Zulema
Date of birth (1987-04-15) 15 April 1987
Place of birth San Antonio Oeste, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Sacachispas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Sacachispas
2007 Rayo Vallecano 0 (0)
2007–2008 Barracas Central 40 (8)
2008 Cienciano 12 (3)
2009 Sacachispas
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)
National team
2016 Palestine 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

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

Salom scored a 94th-minute winner over Excursionistas which saw Barracas Central gain promotion to the Primera B Metropolitana. He then went on to sign with Olimpo de Bahía Blanca of the Argentine Primera División.

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.[3] Salom scored in his debut for Palestine in a 1-1 friendly draw against Tajikistan on September 2016.[4]

International goals
Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.[5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2016Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine Tajikistan1–11–1Friendly

References
  1. Puebla anuncia a Carlos Salom como nuevo refuerzo‚ record.com.mx, 10 June 2017
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Bassil (13 March 2016). "Football Palestine: Palestinians Abroad: Carlos Salom called up". Football Palestine. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  4. http://www.pfa.ps/news/news-2/2761-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A
  5. "Salóm, Carlos". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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