Manu Molina
Personal information
Full name Manuel Antonio Molina Valero
Date of birth (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991
Place of birth Huelva, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Málaga
Number 12
Youth career
Recreativo
2006–2009 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Espanyol B 41 (4)
2010–2012 Espanyol 7 (0)
2011–2012 → Huesca (loan) 23 (1)
2012–2014 Valencia B 71 (13)
2014–2016 Recreativo 62 (4)
2016–2017 Deportivo B 26 (5)
2017–2018 Lleida Esportiu 30 (1)
2018–2019 Salamanca 32 (2)
2019–2020 Linense 28 (3)
2020–2022 Ibiza 58 (0)
2022–2023 Zaragoza 25 (0)
2023– Málaga 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023

Manuel "Manu" Antonio Molina Valero (born 20 November 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Molina was a product of local Recreativo de Huelva youth system. After completing his football grooming with RCD Espanyol, he made his first-team debut at only 18, playing the last minute of the 3–1 La Liga home win over Getafe CF on 29 August 2010.[2] One month later, he started and finished the match at Real Madrid, but the Catalans lost it 3–0.[3]

Molina was loaned to SD Huesca of Segunda División for the 2011–12 season.[4] He scored his first goal for the Aragonese on 17 September 2011, in a 3–3 home draw against CD Alcoyano.[5]

In the following seasons, Molina represented a host of clubs in the Segunda División B.[6][7] The exception to this was 2014–15, when he appeared in the second tier with Recreativo de Huelva.[8]

On 19 July 2022, after two years as a regular starter at UD Ibiza, Molina signed a two-year contract with Real Zaragoza in the second tier.[9] On 19 August of the following year, he terminated his link with the club.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Manu Molina" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Dani double for Espanyol; ESPN Soccernet, 29 August 2010
  3. ↑ Madrid cruise to win; ESPN Soccernet, 21 September 2010
  4. ↑ Manu Molina, otro fichaje para el Huesca (Manu Molina, another signing for Huesca); Diario del AltoAragón, 7 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Empate de locos en El Alcoraz (Crazy draw at El Alcoraz); Marca, 17 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Manu Molina ficha por el Salmantino y crea un nuevo derbi onubense (Manu Molina signs for Salmantino and creates new Huelva derby); Diario de Huelva, 25 August 2018 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ La UD Ibiza ficha a Manu Molina (UD Ibiza sign Manu Molina); Periódico de Ibiza, 23 August 2020 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Manu Molina regresa al Recreativo ocho años después (Manu Molina returns to Recreativo eight years later); Estadio Deportivo, 18 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ "¡Bienvenido, Manu Molina!" [Welcome, Manu Molina!] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Finaliza la relación contractual con Manu Molina" [Ends the contractual relationship with Manu Molina] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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