Mauricio Molina

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Mauricio Alejandro Molina Uribe
Personal information
Date of birth April 30, 1980 (1980-04-30) (age 28)
Place of birth    Medellín, Colombia
Height 180 cm
Playing position Midfield
Club information
Current club Santos
Youth clubs
Envigado Fútbol Club
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2007
2007-2008
2008
Envigado
Independiente Santa Fé
Independiente Medellín
CA Morelia
Al Ain FC
Independiente Medellín
San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Olimpia
Red Star Belgrade
Santos
36 (7)
23 (2)
23 (3)
31 (4)
10 (0)
26 (6)
24 (0)
19 (10)
19 (3)
15(9)   
National team
2001-2003 Colombia

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14 February 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mauricio Alejandro Molina Uribe, nicknamed Mao, is a Colombian footballer that plays as a midfielder, born April 30, 1980 in Medellín.

Molina started his career in Colombian side Envigado at the age of 16. He soon made his way up to the first team and was transferred to Independiente Santa Fé. After a serious injury he returned to the pitch in 2002 playing for Independiente Medellín where he led the team to its first national championship in 45 years and the third overall. In 2003 he helped the team reach the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores. After the successful campaign with Independiente Medellín he moved to CA Morelia of Mexico until 2004. After Morelia, Molina went to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to play for the Al Ain FC where he stayed for a semester, after which he returned to his best memories with Independiente Medellin for another semester. Molina then played for San Lorenzo de Almagro of Argentina from 2005 to 2006. In 2007, Molina signed with Paraguayan Club Olimpia de Asunción where he played the first semester of the year. After a very successful campaign with the team in which he was the co-scorer with 10 goals, Molina was transfer for the second semester of 2007 to the great Serbian club FK Crvena Zvezda also known as the Red Star Belgrade the biggest club in Serbia and in which Molina makes his debut in the European football.

Molina prepares to include himself in the lines of a great club: Brazilian Santos. He made his debut as a Santos player on February 13, 2008, starting against Cúcuta Deportivo of Colombia in the Copa Libertadores 2008.[1]

At the national team level, he was part of the Colombia national football team that won the 2001 Copa América.

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  1. ^ (Portuguese) Leão poupa estreantes estrangeiros de críticas. Terra Esportes. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.

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