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'''Francisco "Paco" Molina Simón''' (29 March 1930 – November 14, 2018) was a [[Spanish People|Spanish]]–[[Chilean people|Chilean]] [[footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].
'''Francisco "Paco" Molina Simón''' (29 March 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a [[Spanish People|Spanish]]–[[Chilean people|Chilean]] [[footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].


==Life and Club career==
==Life and Club career==
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Revision as of 16:16, 16 November 2018

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Francisco Molina
Personal information
Full name Francisco Molina Simón
Date of birth (1930-03-29)29 March 1930
Place of birth Súria, Spain
Date of death 14 November 2018(2018-11-14) (aged 88)
Place of death Antofagasta, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
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)
International career
1953–1959 Chile 8 (8)
Managerial career
1963–1964 Coquimbo Unido
1965 Deportes La Serena
1966–1967 Unión Española
1968–1969 Colo-Colo
1970–1972 Deportes Antofagasta
1980 O'Higgins
1981 Everton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2015

Francisco "Paco" Molina Simón (29 March 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a SpanishChilean footballer and manager.

Life and Club career

Born in Súria, Province of Barcelona, Molina alongside his family moved to Chile when he was nine in 1939.[1] 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.

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.

Honours

Club

Audax Italiano
Universidad Católica

References

  1. ^ "Paco Molina: El ídolo chileno de Atlético de Madrid, el líder español". La Tercera (in Spanish). 19 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.