Francisco Molina

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Molina and the second or maternal family name is Simón.

Francisco Molina
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Molina Simón
Date of birth	(1930-03-29) 29 March 1930
Place of birth	Súria, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Youth career
	Deportivo Roberto Parra
	Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1950	Santiago Wanderers	30	(8)
1951–1952	Universidad Católica	27	(12)
1953–1956	Atlético Madrid	84	(21)
1957–1959	Audax Italiano	42	(14)
1960	Unión Española	23	(4)
1961	Universidad Católica	21	(5)
National team
1953–1959	Chile	8	(8)
Teams managed
1963–1964	Coquimbo Unido
1965	Deportes La Serena
1966–1967	Unión Española
1968–1969	Colo-Colo
1970–1972	Deportes Antofagasta
1980	O'Higgins
1981	Everton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2015.

Francisco "Paco" Molina Simón (born 29 March 1930) is a Spanish–Chilean former footballer and manager.

Life and Club career

Born in Súria, Province of Barcelona, Molina alongside his family moved to Chile when he was nine in 1939.^[1] They settled at Valparaíso after arriving there on board of SS Winnipeg as one of the 2.200 exiles which escaped from the Spanish Civil War. In 1942 he was naturalized Chilean.

During 1940s Molina joined Santiago Wanderers youth set-up with prior spell playing at amateur club Deportivo Roberto Parra. Finally in 1948, he was promoted to Wanderers first-adult team squad aged eighteen.

Honours

Club

Audax Italiano

Primera División de Chile: 1957

Universidad Católica

Primera División de Chile: 1961

References

↑ "Paco Molina: El ídolo chileno de Atlético de Madrid, el líder español". La Tercera (in Spanish). 19 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

Francisco Molina – Managerial positions

Unión Española – managers

Lángara (1950–51)
Hormazábal (1959–60)
Molina (1966–67)
Isella (1971–72)
Santibañez (1973–77)
García (1978)
Álamos (1979)
Aravena (1980)
Novello (1981–1982)
Landa (1983)
Cruz (1983)
Aravena (1984–85)
Pinto (1986–88)
Rodríguez (1989–91)
Acosta (1992)
Yávar (1992)
García (1992)
Acosta (1993–96)
Comesaña (1996)
Spedaletti (1996)
Páez (1996)
Delgado (1997)
Yávar (1998)
Olmos (1999–2001)
Véliz (2001–02)
Hernández (2002–2003)
F.Carvallo (2003–2004)
Díaz (2005)
F.Carvallo (2006)
Pinto (2007)
Espina (2007–2008)
Garcés (2008)
L.H.Carvallo (2008–09)
Israel (2009–10)
Sierra (2010–15)
Vergara (2015–16)
Bigorra (2016)
Palermo (2016–)

Colo-Colo – managers

Arellano (1925–1927)
Rosetti (1927)
Sanhueza (1928–34)
Pereda (1935)
Mazullo (1936)
Torres (1936–1938)
Lombardo (1939)
Platko (1939–43)
Torres (1944)
Tirado (1944–46)
Sorrel (1947–50)
Tirado (1951)
Boffi (1952)
Platko (1953–55)
Fernández (1955–56)
Tassara (1957–58)
Costa (1959–60)
Carrasco (1960–61)
Moreno (1962)
Tassara (1963)
Peña (1964)
Tassara (1965)
Prieto (1966–67)
Molina (1968–69)
E. Hormazábal (1969–70)
F. Hormazábal (1970–71)
Álamos (1972–75)
González (1975)
Aravena (1976)
Puskás (1977)
Navarro (1977–78)
Fouilloux (1978)
Morales (1979–80)
García (1981–85)
Salah (1986–90)
Jozić (1990–93)
Cantatore (1994)
Inostroza^c (1994)
Prieto (1994)
Benítez (1995–98)
Nelsinho (1999)
Durán^c (1999)
Morena (1999–2000)
Hernández (2001)
Pizarro (2002–03)
Dabrowski (2004)
Espina (2005)
Dabrowski (2005)
Borghi (2006–08)
Astengo (2008)
Barticciotto (2008–09)
Jara^c (2009)
Tocalli (2009–10)
Cagna (2010–11)
Pérez^c (2011)
Gallego (2011)
Basay (2011–12)
Pérez (2012)
Labruna (2012–13)
González^c (2013)
Benítez (2013)
Tapia (2013–15)
Sierra (2015–16)
González^c (2016)
Guede (2016–)

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