Emanuel Molina

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

Emanuel Molina
Personal information
Full name Jorge Emanuel Molina
Date of birth (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
Place of birth Río Tercero, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tristán Suárez
Youth career
2000–2005 Rio Tercero
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)
2019–2021 Agropecuario 22 (1)
2021 Atlético de Rafaela 21 (0)
2022– Tristán Suárez 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:45, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Career

Molina's career started in the youth ranks of Rio Tercero 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[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Tucumán 2015 Primera B Nacional 32910——00339
2016 Primera División 1000——0010
2016–17 3000—1[lower-alpha 3]00040
2017–18 0000—000000
Total 36910—1000389
Villa Dálmine 2018–19 Primera B Nacional 2020——0040
Career total 38930—1000429
  1. Includes the Copa Argentina.
  2. Includes the Copa Libertadores.
  3. One appearance in 2017 Copa Libertadores

Honours
Santa Fe[1]
Atlético Tucumán[1]

References
  1. "Emanuel Molina profile". Soccerway. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. "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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