José Salvador Carmona Álvarez (born 22 August 1975) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender who is currently banned for life from playing professional football affiliated to FIFA for failing two separate anti-doping tests. During his career, he obtained 84 caps for the Mexico national team since his debut in 1996. He had an important role in the success of the team at two World Cup tournaments: 1998 and 2002. He was involved in a doping controversy and suspended one year as was teammate Aaron Galindo, in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, therefore prohibiting both players from representing Mexico in the 2006 World Cup. 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. Honours Toluca Mexican Primera División: Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002 Campeón de Campeones: 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2003 Mexico CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1998, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup: 1999 Individual Mexican Primera División Best full-back: 1998, 2002, 2003 See also List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences References External links Carmona's case Decision rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport 1975 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Association football fullbacks Mexican footballers Mexico international footballers 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1999 Copa América players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2004 Copa América players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Atlante F.C. footballers C.D. Guadalajara footballers Cruz Azul footballers Liga MX players Mexican sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in association football Sportspeople banned for life