Emanuel Molina

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Emanuel Molina
Personal information
Full name Jorge Emanuel Molina
Date of birth (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth Río Tercero, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Agropecuario
Youth career
2000–2005
2005–2008 Deportivo Merlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Deportivo Armenio
2008–2010 Altay 41 (5)
2010 Deportivo Pasto 15 (3)
2011 Real Cartagena 32 (8)
2012 Vitória Guimarães 1 (0)
2012 Cúcuta Deportivo 17 (2)
2013 Santa Fe 23 (3)
2014 Deportivo Pasto 32 (4)
2015–2018 Atlético Tucumán 36 (9)
2018–2019 Villa Dálmine 23 (1)
2019– Agropecuario 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:20, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Jorge Emanuel Molina (born 4 March 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Agropecuario Argentino.[1]

Career[]

Molina's career started in the youth ranks of and Deportivo Merlo respectively.[2] His senior career began with Deportivo Armenio,[2] prior to a move to Turkish football to join TFF First League team Altay.[1] For Altay, he participated in 41 league matches and scored 5 goals; he also featured six times in the Turkish Cup.[3] He remained in Turkey between 2008 and 2010, he then joined Colombian Categoría Primera B side Deportivo Pasto in 2010.[2] A year later, Molina agreed to sign for Real Cartagena of Categoría Primera A.[1] He made his Real Cartagena debut on 5 February 2011 in a league win against Atlético Junior.[1]

He scored his first goal for them in his fourth appearance on 27 February versus Once Caldas.[1] 2012 saw Molina join Primeira Liga team Vitória Guimarães, but he left a few months later after just two appearances in all competitions.[1] He returned to Colombian football in late 2012 and subsequently had spells with Cúcuta Deportivo and Santa Fe.[1] Molina had a secondary spell with Deportivo Pasto in 2014,[1] before joining Primera B Nacional side Atlético Tucumán in Argentina. 32 appearances and 9 goals followed for Molina as he helped Atlético Tucumán win promotion into the 2016 Argentine Primera División in his first season.[1]

On 9 May 2017, it was confirmed Molina failed a drugs test after a match against Sarmiento in March. He tested positive for betamethasone, a substance that was banned in 2016. However, both the player and the club claimed Molina unknowingly consumed the substance in his recovery from a ligament rupture injury.[4][5] He served an eight-month ban after being allowed to play again in January 2018.[6] Six months later, Villa Dálmine of Primera B Nacional signed Molina.[1]

Career statistics[]

As of 12 September 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético Tucumán 2015 Primera B Nacional 32 9 1 0 — — 0 0 33 9
2016 Primera División 1 0 0 0 — — 0 0 1 0
2016–17 3 0 0 0 — 1[c] 0 0 0 4 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 36 9 1 0 — 1 0 0 0 38 9
Villa Dálmine 2018–19 Primera B Nacional 2 0 2 0 — — 0 0 4 0
Career total 38 9 3 0 — 1 0 0 0 42 9
  1. ^ Includes the Copa Argentina.
  2. ^ Includes the Copa Libertadores.
  3. ^ One appearance in 2017 Copa Libertadores

Honours[]

Santa Fe[1]
Atlético Tucumán[1]
  • Primera B Nacional: 2015

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Emanuel Molina profile". Soccerway. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Emanuel Molina espera lleno en el Jaime Morón en el duelo Cartagena-Mallorca". Antena2. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Jorge Emanuel Molina profile". Turkish Football Federation. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Atlético Tucumán confirmó el doping de Emanuel Molina". DirecTV. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ "El rearmado de Atlético está lejos de ser una tarea sencilla". La Gaceta. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. ^ "El plantel "Decano" fue licenciado, pero los dirigentes no descansarán". Soccerway. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

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