Francisco José Molinero Calderón (born 26 July 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco José Molinero Calderón | ||
Date of birth | 26 July 1985 | ||
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 |
Molinero was born in Ontígola, Province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha.[1] After spending two La Liga seasons at Atlético Madrid (his first game being on 25 September 2004, featuring the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 home win over Villarreal CF),[2] in whose youth system he grew, he served a Segunda División loan stint at Málaga CF.[3]
In July 2007, the free agent Molinero joined RCD Mallorca on a two-year deal.[4] He appeared sparingly throughout the season,[5][6] moving the following campaign to Levante UD, recently relegated to the second division.[7]
Molinero signed with Romania's FC Dinamo București on 21 July 2009, leaving Spain for the first time in his career.[8] On 27 August, he took the field for the second leg of the play-off round in the UEFA Europa League against FC Slovan Liberec, winning 3–0 away and advancing on penalties.[9] He spent only one year in Liga I, however, cancelling his three-year contract in the summer and returning to his country with second-tier club SD Huesca.[10]
In the 2011 off-season, Molinero joined Real Murcia CF for three years.[11] On 26 June 2014, having never appeared in less than 37 league matches,[12] he moved to Real Betis also in division two;[13] he achieved promotion in 2015, contributing one goal to the feat.[14][1]
On 25 June 2016, Molinero signed a two-year contract with Getafe CF.[15] He returned to the second tier in July 2018, with the 33-year-old agreeing to a deal at Sporting de Gijón.[16]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 460 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 499 | 10 |
Betis