Photo: Darz Mol / CC BY-SA 2.5 es (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
José Francisco Molina represents everything I love about a classic Spanish goalkeeper: calm, dependable, and quietly authoritative. Spending eleven years across Atlético Madrid and Deportivo de La Coruña, winning five titles and logging 415 La Liga appearances, is a career built on trust rather than highlight reels. Goalkeepers earn their reputations over seasons, not moments, and Molina clearly did exactly that. His move into management, now leading the Honduras national team, feels like a natural extension of a leader who spent his playing days organizing a defense. I have real admiration for the unglamorous craftsmen of the game, and he is a textbook example.
Overview
José Francisco Molina Jiménez (born 8 August 1970) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently manager of the Honduras national team. Eleven years of his 18-year senior career were spent at Atlético Madrid and Deportivo de La Coruña, where he won a total of five titles. Over 14 seasons, he appeared in 415 La Liga matches.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- José Francisco Molina
- Name (Japanese)
- フランシスコ・モリーナ
- Reading
- ふらんしすこ・もりーな
- Born
- August 8, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Valencia, Province of Valencia, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.