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| nationalyears1 = 1953–1959
| nationalcaps1 = 8
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| nationalgoals1 = 8
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During 1940s Molina joined [[Santiago Wanderers]] youth set-up with prior spell playing at amateur club Deportivo Roberto Parra. Finally in 1948, he was promoted to Wanderers first-adult team squad aged eighteen. In Chile, he played for [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]], [[Audax Italiano]], [[Unión Española]] and [[Coquimbo Unido]]. He is considered the first Chilean player to be successful in Spain after his step in [[Atlético Madrid]] from 1953 to 1956.<ref name="radiojgm">{{cite web |last1=Soto |first1=Rosario |title=Adiós, Paco goleador |url=https://radiojgm.uchile.cl/adios-paco-goleador/ |website=Radio JGM |access-date=31 July 2022 |language=es |date=15 November 2018}}</ref>
During 1940s Molina joined [[Santiago Wanderers]] youth set-up with prior spell playing at amateur club Deportivo Roberto Parra. Finally in 1948, he was promoted to Wanderers first-adult team squad aged eighteen. In Chile, he played for [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]], [[Audax Italiano]], [[Unión Española]] and [[Coquimbo Unido]]. He is considered the first Chilean player to be successful in Spain after his step in [[Atlético Madrid]] from 1953 to 1956.<ref name="radiojgm">{{cite web |last1=Soto |first1=Rosario |title=Adiós, Paco goleador |url=https://radiojgm.uchile.cl/adios-paco-goleador/ |website=Radio JGM |access-date=31 July 2022 |language=es |date=15 November 2018}}</ref>

==International career==
Molina made his international debut in a friendly match versus Yugoslav club [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk]] in 18 February 1953, where he scored a goal and Chile won 4–1. Including this match, he made a total of 8 appearances for the [[Chile national football team|Chile national team]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Marín|first=Edgardo|title=La Roja de todos (Selección chilena de fútbol 1910-1985) |date=1985|publisher=SOEM Service Impresores|location=Santiago, Chile|pages=98, 215|url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0037375.pdf|access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref> representing it at both the [[1953 South American Championship]], becoming the top goalscorer of the tournament with 8 goals in 6 matches, and the friendly match versus [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web |title=[20/09/1959] Brasil-Chile 1:0 |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/20091959-brasil-chile-10.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=31 July 2022 |language=es}}</ref>


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
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===Club===
===Club===
'''Audax Italiano'''
;Audax Italiano
* [[Primera División de Chile]]: 1957
* [[Primera División de Chile]]: 1957


'''Universidad Católica'''
;Universidad Católica
* [[Primera División de Chile]]: 1961
* [[Primera División de Chile]]: 1961

===Individual===
;Chile
* [[Copa América|South American Championship]] Top Goalscorer: [[1953 South American Championship|1953]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/francisco-molina.html Francisco Molina]] at PartidosdeLaRoja {{inlang|es}}
* [https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/francisco-molina/ Francisco Molina] at MemoriaWanderers {{inlang|es}}
* [https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/francisco-molina/ Francisco Molina] at MemoriaWanderers {{inlang|es}}


Revision as of 05:43, 31 July 2022

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Molina and the second or maternal family name is Simón.
Francisco Molina
Personal information
Full name Francisco Molina Simón
Date of birth (1930-03-29)29 March 1930
Place of birth Súria, Bages, Spain
Date of death 14 November 2018(2018-11-14) (aged 88)
Place of death Antofagasta, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
Deportivo Roberto Parra
Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Santiago Wanderers 30 (8)
1951–1952 Universidad Católica 27 (12)
1953–1956 Atlético Madrid 84 (21)
1957–1959 Audax Italiano 42 (14)
1960 Unión Española 23 (4)
1961 Universidad Católica 21 (5)
1963–1964 Coquimbo Unido
Total 227 (64)
International career
1953–1959 Chile 7 (8)
Managerial career
1963–1964 Coquimbo Unido
1965 Deportes La Serena
1966–1967 Unión Española
1968–1969 Colo-Colo
1970–1972 Antofagasta Portuario
1980 O'Higgins
1981 Everton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco "Paco" Molina Simón (29 March 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a Spanish–Chilean football player and manager.

Life and club career

Born in Súria, Province of Barcelona, Spain, Molina alongside his family moved to Chile when he was nine in 1939.[2] They settled at Valparaíso after arriving there on board of SS Winnipeg as one of the 2.200 exiles which escaped from the Spanish Civil War. In 1942 he was naturalized Chilean.[3]

During 1940s Molina joined Santiago Wanderers youth set-up with prior spell playing at amateur club Deportivo Roberto Parra. Finally in 1948, he was promoted to Wanderers first-adult team squad aged eighteen. In Chile, he played for Universidad Católica, Audax Italiano, Unión Española and Coquimbo Unido. He is considered the first Chilean player to be successful in Spain after his step in Atlético Madrid from 1953 to 1956.[4]

International career

Molina made his international debut in a friendly match versus Yugoslav club Hajduk in 18 February 1953, where he scored a goal and Chile won 4–1. Including this match, he made a total of 8 appearances for the Chile national team,[5] representing it at both the 1953 South American Championship, becoming the top goalscorer of the tournament with 8 goals in 6 matches, and the friendly match versus Brazil in 1959.[6]

Coaching career

He began his coaching career in Coquimbo Unido, at the same he was a player. Next, he coached several clubs at the Chilean Primera División, including Colo-Colo.[4]

Honours

Club

Audax Italiano
Universidad Católica

Individual

Chile

References

  1. ^ Francisco Molina at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Paco Molina: El ídolo chileno de Atlético de Madrid, el líder español". La Tercera (in Spanish). 19 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. ^ "'Paco' Molina: el goleador chileno que fue desterrado dos veces por la dictadura española". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Soto, Rosario (15 November 2018). "Adiós, Paco goleador". Radio JGM (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ Marín, Edgardo (1985). La Roja de todos (Selección chilena de fútbol 1910-1985) (PDF). Santiago, Chile: SOEM Service Impresores. pp. 98, 215. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "[20/09/1959] Brasil-Chile 1:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.

External links

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