Francisco Molinero
Personal information
Full name Francisco José Molinero Calderón
Date of birth (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Ontígola, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Atlético Madrid B 50 (2)
2004–2007 Atlético Madrid 25 (0)
2006–2007 → Málaga (loan) 16 (0)
2007–2008 Mallorca 5 (0)
2008–2009 Levante 24 (1)
2009–2010 Dinamo București 16 (0)
2010–2011 Huesca 37 (1)
2011–2014 Murcia 114 (4)
2014–2016 Betis 58 (1)
2016–2018 Getafe 43 (0)
2018–2020 Sporting Gijón 59 (0)
2021 Murcia 13 (0)
2021–2022 Mar Menor 32 (4)
Total 492 (13)
International career
2001–2003 Spain U17 16 (0)
2003 Spain U18 3 (1)
2004 Spain U19 1 (0)
2003–2005 Spain U20 5 (1)
2006 Spain U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco José Molinero Calderón (born 26 July 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.[citation needed]

Club career

Molinero was born in Ontígola, Province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha. After playing two La Liga seasons for Atlético Madrid (his first game being on 25 September 2004, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Villarreal CF),[1] in whose youth system he grew, he served a Segunda División loan stint at Málaga CF.[2]

In July 2007, free agent Molinero agreed to a two-year deal to RCD Mallorca.[3] He appeared sparingly throughout the season,[4][5] moving the following campaign to Levante UD, recently relegated to the second division.[6]

Molinero left Spain for the first time in his career when he signed with Romania's FC Dinamo București on 21 July 2009, managing to help the club fulfill "The wonder from Liberec" after winning with 3–0 the away game against Slovan Liberec, as the first leg was lost with the same score, qualifying after the penalty shoot-out to the group stage of the 2009–10 Europa League.[7][8] He spent only one year in Liga I, however, cancelling his three-year contract in the summer and returning to his country, joining division two club SD Huesca.[9]

In the 2011 off-season, Molinero signed with Real Murcia for three years.[10] On 26 June 2014, after never appearing in less than 37 league matches, he moved to Real Betis also in the second tier;[11] he achieved promotion in 2015, contributing one goal to the feat.[12]

On 25 June 2016, Molinero joined Getafe CF on a two-year contract.[13] He returned to the second division in July 2018, with the 33-year-old agreeing to a deal at Sporting de Gijón.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 March 2021[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético Madrid B 2002–03 Segunda División B 8 0 — — — 8 0
2003–04 34 1 — — 4[a] 1 38 2
2004–05 8 1 — — — 8 1
Total 50 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 54 3
Atlético Madrid 2004–05 La Liga 14 0 4 0 — — 18 0
2005–06 11 0 2 0 — — 13 0
Total 25 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
Málaga (loan) 2006–07 Segunda División 16 0 3 0 — — 19 0
Mallorca 2007–08 La Liga 5 0 1 0 — — 6 0
Levante 2008–09 Segunda División 24 1 1 0 — — 25 1
Dinamo București 2009–10 Liga I 16 0 3 0 3[b] 0 — 22 0
Huesca 2010–11 Segunda División 37 1 1 0 — — 38 1
Murcia 2011–12 Segunda División 37 2 0 0 — — 37 2
2012–13 37 1 0 0 — — 37 1
2013–14 40 1 0 0 — 2[a] 0 42 1
Total 114 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 116 4
Betis 2014–15 Segunda División 37 1 2 0 — — 39 1
2015–16 La Liga 21 0 2 0 — — 23 0
Total 58 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 62 1
Getafe 2016–17 Segunda División 33 0 1 0 — 4[a] 0 38 0
2017–18 La Liga 10 0 2 0 — — 12 0
Total 43 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 50 0
Sporting Gijón 2018–19 Segunda División 27 0 4 0 — — 31 0
2019–20 32 0 0 0 — — 32 0
Total 59 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 63 0
Murcia 2020–21 Segunda División B 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Career total 454 9 26 0 3 0 10 1 493 10
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Betis

References

  1. ^ Ramírez Orsikowsky, Jorge (25 September 2004). "Salva hunde al submarino amarillo" [Salva sinks the yellow submarine]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Molinero llegó ayer para ser el sustituto de Gabriel" [Molinero arrived yesterday to be Gabriel's replacement]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 25 August 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ^ Fullana, P. (18 July 2007). "Molinero firmará por dos años con el Mallorca" [Molinero will sign for two years with Mallorca]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ^ Jaume, Tolo (11 September 2007). "El Mallorca se rearma" [Mallorca rearm themselves]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. ^ Mazarrasa, Gonzalo (15 January 2011). "La prolífica relación entre Mallorca y Atlético de Madrid" [The prolific relationship between Mallorca and Atlético de Madrid] (in Spanish). RCDM. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ^ "El Levante se hace con Ballesteros y Molinero" [Levante get Ballesteros and Molinero]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 30 August 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. ^ Muresanu, Catalin; Nejneru, Mihai (21 July 2009). "EXCLUSIV Francisco Molinero a semnat pe trei ani cu Dinamo!" [EXCLUSIVE Francisco Molinero has signed for three years with Dinamo!]. ProSport (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Nouă ani de la "Minunea de la Liberec"! Povestea unei performanțe istorice și cum a reușit Florin Matache să intre în istorie" [Nine years since the "Miracle from Liberec"! The story of a historic performance and how Florin Matache managed to make history] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Huesca: se compromete Molinero" [Huesca: Molinero commits] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Molinero es el primer fichaje del Real Murcia" [Molinero is the first signing of Real Murcia]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  11. ^ Ramírez, Álvaro (26 June 2014). "El Betis ficha a Molinero, lateral derecho del Murcia" [Betis sign Molinero, Murcia right-back] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  12. ^ "5–1. Paso decisivo del Betis hacia Primera al golear al Lugo" [5–1. Betis decisive step toward Primera after routing Lugo]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 May 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  13. ^ "El 'Geta' ficha a Molinero" ['Geta' sign Molinero]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  14. ^ Castro, Rafael (12 July 2018). "El Sporting de Gijón anuncia un fichaje" [Sporting de Gijón announce signing] (in Spanish). Fichajes. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  15. ^ Francisco Molinero at BDFutbol
  16. ^ a b Francisco Molinero at Soccerway

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