Mauricio Molina

Mauricio Molina ( born April 30, 1980 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian football player. He currently plays for the South Korean football club FC Seoul in the K-League.

Career

Club career

Molina started his career as a sixteen- year-old in the youth of the Envigado FC before he played from 1998 to 2001 in the professional area of the club. Until 2003, he moved twice to other Colombian clubs before he played with his move to the Mexican first division club Monarcas Morelia first time outside of Colombia. From there he moved for a short time for Al Ain Club in the United Arab Emirates, before he returned to Independiente Medellín, where he had already played from 2002 to 2003.

In the meantime, play Molina for the CA San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina and again for Independiente Medellín. In 2007 he moved again to the Paraguayan club Olimpia Club, where he finished at its disposal in the scorers rank two. With his move to the Serbian club Red Star Belgrade he made his debut in European professional football. After a few months he returned to America, the Brazilian club Santos.

In July 2009, Molina was acquired by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Making its debut in the South Korean K -League, he scored in the match against Pohang Steelers scored his first goal for the club. With Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Molina won the AFC Champions League 2010, which the club had qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup 2010. After a victory in the quarterfinals, the team was eliminated in the semifinals and then took the 4th place. With three goals (two of them in the match for 3rd place) was Molina scorer of the competition.

National

In 2001, Mauricio Molina made ​​his international debut for the Colombian national football team. With the national team he won the 2001 Copa America in their own country. On 17 July 2003 he scored during the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003 his first international goal in the 1-1 draw against Guatemala.