
Argentina had held Mexico for 104 minutes of the 2005 Confederations Cup semi-final in Hannover before Salcido scored, and he later converted his kick in the shootout Argentina won 6-5. Olympic gold came in 2012 and the Gold Cup a year earlier; at PSV he became the first Mexican to win the Eredivisie, taking it in 2007 and 2008, and he closed a 123-cap career after three World Cups, with league titles at Tigres and Guadalajara. Career record: 124 caps and 10 goals for Mexico; club career at C.D. Guadalajara, PSV Eindhoven, Tigres UANL.
| 2001–2006 | C.D. Guadalajara |
| 2006–2010 | PSV Eindhoven |
| 2010–2012 | Fulham |
| 2011–2014 | Tigres UANL |
| 2014–2018 | C.D. Guadalajara |
| 2019–2019 | Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz |
| Mexico | 124 caps, 10 goals |
Mexico legends whose careers overlapped Salcido's
One rank above: Benjamín Galindo at #23.
One rank below: Enrique Borja at #25.
Mexico's editorial top five: Hugo Sánchez · Rafael Márquez · Andrés Guardado · Cuauhtémoc Blanco · Guillermo Ochoa.