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Odelín Molina

Odelín Molina

Cuban footballer

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.

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Molina and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

He is the Cuba national team's second most capped player of all-time, behind Yénier Márquez.

Club career

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

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][3] including 28 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[4] 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.[5]

Honours

Cuba

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Liga de Antigua. Poniéndonos al día. Archived 12 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine - El Blog del Futbol Cubano (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    "Odelín Molina :: Odelín Molina Hernández ::".
  3. [3]
    Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin. "Odelin Molina Hernández - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. [4]
    Odelín Molina – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. [5]
    http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/as-career-comes-to-a-close-cubas-molina-inspires - Gold Cup
  6. [6]
    "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.


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