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.
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
- Height
- 184 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was José Francisco Molina born?
Born August 8, 1970 (age 55).
Where is José Francisco Molina from?
José Francisco Molina is from Valencia, Province of Valencia, Spain.
What does José Francisco Molina do?
José Francisco Molina works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is José Francisco Molina?
José Francisco Molina is 184 cm.
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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 or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.