Abel Molinero Pons (born 28 April 1989) is a Spanish

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who plays for

Águilas FC Águilas Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in Águilas, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2010, the club plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home games at Estadio El Rubial, with a 4,000 seat capacity ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Molinero started playing as a senior with local

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

's C-team, going on to appear sparingly for the B-side over the course of two

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seasons. His best output with the latter consisted of nine games and one goal, in

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. In summer 2011, Molinero signed with

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level. He made his debut with the

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ns' first team on 13 December, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 1–3 home loss against

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El Sa ...

for the campaign's

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(2–4 on aggregate). On 26 June 2012, Molinero was definitely promoted to Almería's main squad in

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. On 2 September of the following year, the

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signed a short-term contract with neighbouring

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF, holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria'', with a capacit ...

. On 31 January 2014, after featuring sparingly for Jaén, Molinero joined third division club

San Fernando CD San Fernando Club Deportivo Isleño is a Spanish football team based in San Fernando, Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Bahía Sur, ...

. On 8 July, he moved to fellow league team

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

. On 13 July 2015, after scoring 12 goals for the Castile-La Mancha side – playoffs included – Molinero signed a two-year deal with

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

from the second tier.El CD Lugo incorpora al mediocentro Abel Molinero, tras pasar esta mañana reconocimiento médico (CD Lugo add midfielder Abel Molinero, after he passed medical this morning)
; CD Lugo, 13 July 2015 (in Spanish)

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