Manuel "Manu" Antonio Molina Valero (born 20 November 1991) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as an

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Club career

Born in

Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The ria ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...

, Molina was a product of local

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

youth system. After completing his football grooming with

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league s ...

, he made his first-team debut at only 18, playing the last minute of the 3–1

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

home win over Getafe CF on 29 August 2010. One month later, he started and finished the match at Real Madrid, but the

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lost it 3–0. Molina was loaned to

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in ...

of Segunda División for the 2011–12 season. He scored his first goal for the Aragonese on 17 September 2011, in a 3–3 home draw against

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-sea ...

. In the following seasons, Molina represented a host of clubs in the Segunda División B. The exception to this was 2014–15, when he appeared in the second tier with

. On 19 July 2022, after two years as a regular starter at

UD Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at '' Estadi Municipal de Can Mis ...

, Molina signed a two-year contract with

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at L ...

in the second tier. On 19 August of the following year, he terminated his link with the club.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molina, Manu 1991 births Living people Footballers from Huelva Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players RCD Espanyol B footballers RCD Espanyol footballers SD Huesca footballers Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Recreativo de Huelva players Deportivo Fabril players Lleida Esportiu footballers Salamanca CF UDS players Real Balompédica Linense footballers UD Ibiza players Real Zaragoza players Málaga CF players