Carlos Antonio Salom Zulema (born 15 April 1987) is a Palestinian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
.
He is considered one of the top 5 players in Matchday 13 of the
Thai League 1
The Thai League 1 ( th, ไทยลีก 1), often referred to as T1, is the top level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai League 2. Seasons run from August ...
in an article by
FOX Sports Asia
Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Sta ...
.
Club career
Salom scored a 94th-minute winner over
Excursionistas
Club Atlético Excursionistas is an Argentine sports club based in the Belgrano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mainly known for their football team. It currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, the fourth level of the Argentine f ...
which saw
Barracas Central
Club Atlético Barracas Central is an Argentine football club from the district of Barracas, Buenos Aires. Established in 1904, Barracas Central will return to the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, in the 2 ...
gain promotion to the
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...
. 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
The 2017 Puebla earthquake struck at 13:14 CDT (18:14 UTC) on 19 September 2017 with an estimated magnitude of and strong shaking for about 20 seconds. Its epicenter was about south of the city of Puebla, Mexico. The earthquake caused d ...
. 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
Jorge Damián Zamogilny (also known as "El Ruso", born 5 January 1980 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former professional footballer. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen.
Zamogilny started his football career in the youth team of Club Atlético ...
, who is considered as an iconic player in
Puebla F.C.
Club Puebla, formerly Puebla F.C. is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Puebla, competing in the Liga MX. Known as ''La Franja'' ("The Striped Ones"), the team shirt features a diagonal stripe (traditionally blue on white ...
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
The Palestine national football team ( ar, منتخب فلسطين لكرة القدم), controlled by the Palestinian Football Association, represents Palestine in association football. The squad is governed by the Asian Football Confederation ...
. Salom scored in his debut for Palestine in a 1-1 friendly draw against
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
in September 2016.
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International goals
:''Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.''
References
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1987 births
Living people
Citizens of the State of Palestine through descent
Palestinian footballers
Palestine men's international footballers
Argentine footballers
Argentine expatriate footballers
Club Olimpo footballers
All Boys footballers
Cienciano footballers
Unión Española footballers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
Club Puebla players
Chennaiyin FC players
Barracas Central players
Primera B de Chile players
Chilean Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Liga MX players
Carlos Salom
Carlos Antonio Salom Zulema (born 15 April 1987) is a Palestinian footballer.
He is considered one of the top 5 players in Matchday 13 of the Thai League 1 in an article by FOX Sports Asia.
Club career
Salom scored a 94th-minute winner over ...
Indian Super League players
Primera Nacional players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Expatriate footballers in Peru
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Thailand
Expatriate footballers in India
Argentine people of Palestinian descent
Men's association football forwards
People from Río Negro Province