Odelín Molina
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Odelín Molina Hernández | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Clara, Cuba | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2015 | FC Villa Clara | ||
| 2016–2017 | Parham | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996–2013 | Cuba | 122 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Odelín Molina Hernández (born 3 August 1974) is a Cuban former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for FC Villa Clara and Antiguan side Parham.
He is the Cuba national team's second most capped player of all-time, behind Yénier Márquez.
Club career
[edit]Born in Santa Clara, Molina played club football for his provincial team FC Villa Clara.[citation needed] He played the 2016–17 season at Parham in Antigua and Barbuda alongside compatriots Jaime Colomé and Hensy Muñoz and Jaime's brother Yoel Colomé.[1]
International career
[edit]Molina made his international debut for Cuba in a May 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Cayman Islands and has earned a total of 122 caps.[2][citation needed] including 28 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[3] He also played at six CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournaments.
His final international was a July 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Panama, after he announced he would retire from international football after the tournament.[4]
Honours
[edit]Cuba
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Liga de Antigua. Poniéndonos al día. Archived 12 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine - El Blog del Futbol Cubano (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin. "Odelin Molina Hernández - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ Odelín Molina – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/as-career-comes-to-a-close-cubas-molina-inspires Archived 16 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine - Gold Cup
- ^ "Concacaf Main | Gold Cup Home | Gold Cup News | Gold Cup News | Cuba claims first Caribbean Cup title". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
External links
[edit]- Odelín Molina at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Clara, Cuba
- Cuban men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- FIFA Men's Century Club
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division players
- FC Villa Clara players
- Parham F.C. players
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Antigua and Barbuda
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Antigua and Barbuda
- Cuban football biography stubs