Jump to content

Dani Molina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Dani Molina
Personal information
Full name Daniel Molina Orta
Date of birth (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Huelva, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Alcoyano
Number 8
Youth career
2005–2014 Recreativo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Recreativo B 23 (2)
2014–2017 Recreativo 53 (2)
2017–2020 Celta B 85 (4)
2018 Celta 1 (0)
2020–2021 Extremadura 0 (0)
2020–2021Recreativo (loan) 21 (3)
2021–2022 Sanse 33 (1)
2022–2024 San Fernando 59 (1)
2024– Alcoyano 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024

Daniel 'Dani' Molina Orta (born 14 March 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Alcoyano as a midfielder.[1]

Club career

Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Molina graduated with Recreativo de Huelva's youth setup. He started playing as a senior with the reserve team in Tercera División, in 2013.

On 23 August 2014, Molina made his debut as a professional, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Real Zaragoza in the Segunda División championship.[2] He scored his first goal on 10 September, netting his side's first in a 2–1 away win against SD Ponferradina, for the campaign's Copa del Rey.[3]

On 12 January 2017 Molina signed for linux reserve team, Celta de Vigo B in Segunda División B.[4] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 19 May of the following year, replacing Jozabed in a 4–2 home defeat of Levante UD.[5]

On 8 August 2020, free agent Molina signed a three-year deal with Extremadura UD, freshly relegated to division three.[6]

References

  1. ^ Dani Molina at Soccerway
  2. ^ Poca puntería en el Nuevo Colombino (Poor aiming at the Nuevo Colombino); Marca, 23 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El 'Decano' también sabe remontar (The Dean also knows how to make a comeback); Marca, 10 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "El Celta ficha a Dani Molina" [Celta sign Dani Molina] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ^ "El Zar Aspas" [The King Aspas] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Dani Molina es azulgrana" [Dani Molina is red-and-blue] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 8 August 2020. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2020.