Nolberto Molina Flórez (born 5 January 1953) is a former Colombian

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defender and manager.

Career

Born in

Palmira, Valle del Cauca Palmira is a city and municipality in southwestern Colombia in the Valle del Cauca Department, located about east from Cali, the department's capital and main city in the South of Colombia. Palmira is the third largest city in the Valle del Cau ...

, Molina played club football for

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium. They were the surprise winners ...

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

and

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...

, appearing in 596 matches, and scoring 46 goals. Molina began his career with Medellín and joined Millonarios in 1983, where he was involved in organizing a Colombian football player's union (Afucol). Molina made several appearances for the

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, including at

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and

Copa América 1987 Copa or COPA may refer to: COPA COPA may refer to: * Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI * Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet * Canadian Owners and Pilots Ass ...

. In total, he made 18 appearances and scored one goal. After he retired from playing, Molina became a football coach. He managed Independiente Medellín during 1995.

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* * 1953 births Living people People from Palmira, Valle del Cauca Colombian footballers Colombia international footballers Categoría Primera A players Independiente Medellín footballers Once Caldas footballers Millonarios F.C. players Atlético Nacional footballers Colombian football managers Independiente Medellín managers Association football defenders Sportspeople from Valle del Cauca Department {{Colombia-footy-bio-stub