Álvaro Molina (footballer)

Álvaro Molina
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Molina González
Date of birth	25 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Salamanca, Spain
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Melilla
Number	4
Youth career
	Salamanca
2013–2014	Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Salmantino
2014–2016	Rayo Vallecano B
2016–2017	Leganés B
2016	Leganés
2017–2020	Alcobendas
2020	Las Rozas
2020–	Melilla
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2021

Álvaro Molina González (born 25 February 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Melilla as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Salamanca, Castile and León, Molina was an UD Salamanca youth graduate. In 2013, after having already done his senior debut with the reserve team, he signed for Rayo Vallecano B, returning to youth football.

After a single campaign with the Juvenil squad, Molina was promoted to the B-side in Tercera División. He was sparingly used during his first season, achieving promotion to Segunda División B, and became a regular starter afterwards, but suffering relegation; he also signed a new two-year contract on 1 July 2015.^[1]

On 13 July 2016, Molina moved to another reserve team, CD Leganés B, also in the fourth division.^[2] On 29 November 2016, he made his first team debut, coming on as a late substitute for fellow debutant Sergio Segura in a 1–3 home loss against Valencia CF for the season's Copa del Rey.^[3]

^ "El salmantino Álvaro Molina renueva dos temporadas con el Rayo" [Salmantino Álvaro Molina renews for two seasons with Rayo] (in Spanish). Salamanca 24 Horas. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ "Álvaro Molina llega al filial del Leganés desde el filial del Rayo Vallecano" [Álvaro Molina arrives at Leganés' reserves from Rayo Vallecano's reserves] (in Spanish). FutMadrid. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ "El Valencia se agarra a la Copa" [Valencia hold on to the Cup] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.