Odelín Molina

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|fullname = Odelín Molina Hernández

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|3|df=y}}

|birth_place = Santa Clara, Cuba

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|position = Goalkeeper

|currentclub =

|years1 = 1993–2015

|clubs1 = FC Villa Clara

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|years2 = 2016–2017

|clubs2 = Parham

|nationalyears1 = 1996–2013

|nationalteam1 = Cuba

|nationalcaps1 = 122

|nationalgoals1 = 0

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Odelín Molina Hernández (born 3 August 1974) is a Cuban former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for FC Villa Clara and Antiguan side Parham.

He is the Cuba national team's second most capped player of all-time, behind Yénier Márquez.

Club career

Born in Santa Clara, Molina played club football for his provincial team FC Villa Clara.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} He played the 2016–17 season at Parham in Antigua and Barbuda alongside compatriots Jaime Colomé and Hensy Muñoz and Jaime's brother Yoel Colomé.[http://www.elblogdelfutbolcubano.com/2016/12/liga-de-antigua-poniendonos-al-dia.html Liga de Antigua. Poniéndonos al día.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312022426/http://www.elblogdelfutbolcubano.com/2016/12/liga-de-antigua-poniendonos-al-dia.html |date=12 March 2018 }} - El Blog del Futbol Cubano {{in lang|es}}

International career

Molina made his international debut for Cuba in a May 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Cayman Islands and has earned a total of 122 caps.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefinalball.com/jogador.php?id=117748&epoca_id=0&op=fotos|title=Odelín Molina :: Odelín Molina Hernández ::|access-date=14 June 2024|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010510/https://www.thefinalball.com/jogador.php?id=117748&epoca_id=0&op=fotos|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/omolina-intl.html|title=Odelin Molina Hernández - Century of International Appearances|author=Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin|website=RSSSF|access-date=9 April 2013|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319111249/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/omolina-intl.html|url-status=live}} including 28 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.{{FIFA player|195988}} He also played at six CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournaments.

His final international was a July 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Panama, after he announced he would retire from international football after the tournament.[http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/as-career-comes-to-a-close-cubas-molina-inspires http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/as-career-comes-to-a-close-cubas-molina-inspires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016005535/http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/as-career-comes-to-a-close-cubas-molina-inspires |date=16 October 2020 }} - Gold Cup

Honours

Cuba

Caribbean Cup: 2012{{Cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/GoldCup/NewsDetail/0,,12813~3012025,00.html |title=Concacaf Main | Gold Cup Home | Gold Cup News | Gold Cup News | Cuba claims first Caribbean Cup title |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219021646/http://www.concacaf.com/page/GoldCup/NewsDetail/0,,12813~3012025,00.html |archive-date=19 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}