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Odelín Molina

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Odelín Molina
Personal information
Full name Odelín Molina Hernández
Date of birth (1974-08-03) 3 August 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Santa Clara, Cuba
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2015 FC Villa Clara
2016–2017 Parham
International career
1996–2013 Cuba 122 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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

Club career

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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

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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

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Cuba

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Liga de Antigua. Poniéndonos al día. Archived 12 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine - El Blog del Futbol Cubano (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Odelín Molina :: Odelín Molina Hernández ::". Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ^ Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin. "Odelin Molina Hernández - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ^ Odelín MolinaFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/as-career-comes-to-a-close-cubas-molina-inspires Archived 16 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine - Gold Cup
  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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