Guillermo Molins

Guillermo Molins
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Federico Molins Palmeiro
Date of birth (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Winger / Striker
Club information
Current team
 Panathinaikos
Number 8
Youth career
1992 –2001 Kävlinge GIF
2002 Landskrona BoIS
2003–2004 Stora Harrie IF
2005 Kävlinge GIF
2005–2006 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Malmö FF 106 (15)
2011–2013 Anderlecht 7 (0)
2013 → Betis (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2016 Malmö FF 36 (19)
2016 Beijing Renhe 14 (0)
2017– Panathinaikos 8 (2)
National team‡
2007 Sweden U19 4 (1)
2008–2010 Sweden U21 23 (2)
2010–2014 Sweden 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 January 2014

Guillermo Federico Molins Palmeiro (locally [ɡiˈʃeɾmo moˈlins]; born 26 September 1988 in Montevideo) is a Swedish[2] footballer who plays for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos as a forward.

Club career

Malmö FF

In 2006 Molins made his league debut for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan, he had a breakthrough in 2008 when he played 27 matches and scored 2 goals. He was the managers choice as right midfielder in the starting lineup throughout the 2009 season, however in the title winning season of 2010 he was challenged in some games by Jiloan Hamad. Molins proved to be a very skilled dribbler, he was involved in most attacks for Malmö in 2010. Molins continued to be challenged for a position in the starting eleven by Hamad and Jimmy Durmaz in the start of the 2011 season, partly due to minor injuries on Molins part. On 15 May 2011 Molins secured a 2–1 home win against Örebro SK with two powerful shots in the top left goal corner after the team had been down 0–1 in half time.[3] Malmö FF's director of sports Per Ågren announced on 26 May 2011 that he expected Molins to leave the club in the summer of 2011 because his contract was ending in November and Molins had declined to negotiate a renewal.[4] On 2 June 2011 several newspapers reported that Molins had started negotiations with Anderlecht, three days after former club partner Behrang Safari had signed for the Belgian club.[5] On 17 June 2011 Malmö FF reported that Molins had signed a four-year contract with Anderlecht.[6]

Anderlecht

Molins was announced an Anderlecht player on 17 June 2011.[7] Just 8 days later Molins was carried off the field after just 25 minutes in a friendly against Knokke, he tore the ligaments of his knee and also his meniscus was affected. On 18 March 2012, he finally played a few minutes in the 2-2-game on the field of Sint-Truiden. Molins made 4 appearances for Anderlecht in the 2011–12 season and another three in the 2012–13 season before being sent on loan to La Liga side Real Betis.

Betis

In January 2013 Molins went on loan to Real Betis. He confirmed to have chosen Betis instead of clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie. Molins stayed at Betis for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. He made four appearances coming in from the bench for the club.[8]

Return to Malmö FF

On 11 August 2013, the last day of the Swedish transfer window, Molins signed a three-year contract with his former club Malmö FF. He was given a pitch presentation and the number 24 jersey before the home fixture against AIK.[9] Molins played his first match back for the club on 18 August when he was substituted on in the away fixture against Kalmar FF after an hours play. He later scored the 4–0 goal for Malmö FF in a match that ended 4–1 for the club and made them league leaders.[10] He eventually earned the team the 2013 league title after scoring both goals against Elfsborg on 28 October, giving Malmö FF an insurmountable five-point lead before the last matchday.[11] In total Molins played 11 matches and scored 8 goals. The major difference from his last spell at the club was that he was played as an attacker instead of his usual position as winger.

Molins continued to play very well for the club during the 2014 season, by the time of the summer break for the 2014 World Cup he had scored eight goals and made three assists in twelve appearances.[12] However, on 27 June he injured his cruciate ligament in a friendly fixture against FK Partizan, Molins had acquired the same injury in the corresponding knee at Anderlecht in 2011. The injury meant that Molins would have to go through an operation and go into rehabilitation training for the rest of the season.

Beijing Renhe

On 7 July 2016, Molins who recently left Malmö FF when he chose not to extend his contract with the club, has signed a one-plus-two years' contact with the Chinese club Beijing Renhe.[13]

Panathinaikos

On 8 February 2017, Panathinaikos officially announced the signing of Swedish striker, who was recently released from Beijing Renhe. On 1 March 2017, he made his debut with the club in the quarter final Greek Cup second-leg game against Asteras Tripoli. On 23 April 2017, Molins scored his first goal with Panathinaikos against Atromitos in the home win with 1-0 for day 29 of Greek Superleague.[14] On 31 May, 2017, Molins scored in the away win 2-3 against PAOK for the last day of the Greek Superleague Play-Offs.

On 27 July, 2017, Panathinaikos won 1-0 at home against Gabala for the 1st leg of the 3rd Qualification Round of 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. Mollins scored the only goal.

International career

Molins made his U21 debut on 25 May 2008 when Sweden U21 played Portugal U21. He was also a part of the U21 squad at 2009 U21 Championship in Sweden. He made his debut for Sweden against Oman as a part of Sweden's winter tour on 20 January 2010.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 July 2017[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2006 5000——50
2007 9020——110
2008 27232——304
2009 28310——294
2010 28721——308
2011 932100—114
Total 10615104000011619
Anderlecht 2011–12 400000—40
2012–13 302021—71
Total 70202100111
Real Betis 2012–13 4010——50
Total 4010000050
Malmö FF 2013 1181000—128
2014 1184500—1513
2015 700000—70
2016 7362——135
Total 361911700004726
Beijing Renhe 2016 14000——140
Total 140000000140
Panathinaikos 2016–17 4130—41112
2017–18 0000110011
Total 41301141123
Career total 171352711324120549

International

As of 21 January 2014.[16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201020
201120
201421
Total61

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 January 2014 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi  Iceland 0–2 0–2 Friendly

Honours

Club

Malmö FF
R.S.C. Anderlecht

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Guillermo Molins". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Molins funderar på Uruguay" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Molins kanoner gav MFF segern" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Molins lämnar MFF – Mehmeti också på väg" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Rykten om Molins till Anderlecht" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Molins klar för Anderlecht" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Guillermo Molins tekent voor vier seizoenen" (in Dutch). Anderlecht. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "KLART: Guillermo Molins väljer Real Betis". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). fotbolltransfers.com. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Molins tillbaka i MFF". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). sydsvenskan.se. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Molins rörd av stödet". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Malmö FF är svenska mästare 2013!". Malmö FF (in Swedish). mff.se. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Yokhin, Michael (6 May 2014). "The great comeback of Guillermo Molins". ESPN. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Guillermo Molins till Beijing Renhe" (in Swedish). www.fotbollskane.se. 7 July 2016.
  14. ↑ http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/SuperLeague/eixe-thn-oysia-sto-deutero-meros-o-panathhnaikos-1-0-ton-atromhto-me-molins.4637926.html
  15. ↑ "Sju debutanter mot Oman". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  16. 1 2 "Guillermo Molins". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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