Sascha Mölders

{{Short description|German association football player and manager}}

{{Infobox football biography

| image = SaschaMölders.jpg

| caption = Mölders in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|3|20}}

| birth_place = Essen, West Germany

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = SC Wiedenbrück (manager)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Vogelheimer SV Essen

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Atletico Essen

| youthyears3 = {{0|0000}}–2000

| youthclubs3 = SG Essen Schönebeck

| youthyears4 = 2000–2004

| youthclubs4 = Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| youthyears5 = 2003–2004

| youthclubs5 = → Wacker Bergeborbeck (loan)

| years1 = 2004–2006

| clubs1 = Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| caps1 = 39

| goals1 = 9

| years2 = 2006–2008

| clubs2 = MSV Duisburg II

| caps2 = 49

| goals2 = 39

| years3 = 2007–2008

| clubs3 = MSV Duisburg

| caps3 = 11

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2008–2010

| clubs4 = Rot-Weiß Essen

| caps4 = 52

| goals4 = 42

| years5 = 2010–2011

| clubs5 = FSV Frankfurt

| caps5 = 47

| goals5 = 18

| years6 = 2011–2016

| clubs6 = FC Augsburg

| caps6 = 92

| goals6 = 18

| years7 = 2012–2016

| clubs7 = FC Augsburg II

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 7

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = → 1860 Munich (loan)

| caps8 = 15

| goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2016–2021

| clubs9 = 1860 Munich

| caps9 = 179

| goals9 = 72

| years10 = 2022

| clubs10 = SG Sonnenhof Großaspach

| caps10 = 13

| goals10 = 5

| years11 = 2022–2024

| clubs11 = TSV Landsberg

| caps11 = 57

| goals11 = 37

| manageryears1 = 2022

| managerclubs1 = SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2022–2024

| managerclubs2 = TSV Landsberg

| manageryears3 = 2025–

| managerclubs3 = SC Wiedenbrück

| club-update = 15:28, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

}}

Sascha Mölders (born 20 March 1985) is a German football manager and player who currently works as the manager of Regionalliga West club SC Wiedenbrück.

Career

After spells with various amateur clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia, including Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Mölders was signed by MSV Duisburg in 2006. In his first season playing for Duisburg's reserve team, he scored 24 goals, making him the top goalscorer in the Oberliga Nordrhein. This earned him a place in the first-team squad for the following season, and he made his Bundesliga debut as a substitute for Pablo Cáceres in a 2–1 defeat to Hannover 96. He played a further ten games in the 2007–08 season, but was unable to get on the scoresheet as Duisburg finished bottom of the league and were relegated.

In July 2008, Mölders moved on, joining Rot-Weiß Essen of the Regionalliga West. He scored 28 goals in his first season, more than anyone in the division that year. On 28 January 2010, he signed for FSV Frankfurt of the 2. Bundesliga. He scored three goals in the second half of the 2009–10 season, and fifteen the following season, which has earned him a move to FC Augsburg, newly promoted to the Bundesliga. He scored twice on his Augsburg debut, scoring both of the club's first ever Bundesliga goals and securing a 2–2 draw with SC Freiburg. He scored five goals in 29 appearances in his first season with Augsburg before suffering an injury which ruled him out until November 2012. He scored in each of his first three games after returning to action and ended the season as Augsburg's top scorer with ten goals. He has been less prolific in the 2013–14 season, but in April 2014 he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Bayern Munich, ending Bayern's 53-match unbeaten run in the Bundesliga.

On 7 January 2022, Mölders signed a deal with SG Sonnenhof Großaspach for the remainder of the season as a player and co-trainer. He was given the number 33. Only a few months later, on 29 April 2022, it was announced that he would move to Bayernliga club TSV Landsberg for the 2022–23 season as a player-coach.{{cite news |last1=Ernstberger |first1=Thomas |title=Offiziell bestätigt: Mölders wird ein Landsberger |url=https://www.merkur.de/lokales/landsberg-kreisbote/fuer-den-aufstieg-in-die-regionalliga-tsv-landsberg-verpflichtet-kult-stuermer-sascha-moelders-91507528.html |access-date=18 September 2022 |work=Merkur |date=29 April 2022 |language=de}} He left the club in May 2024.{{cite news |last1=Schwaiger |first1=Toni |title=So lief der Abschied von Trainer Sascha Mölders beim TSV Landsberg |url=https://www.merkur.de/lokales/landsberg-kreisbote/landsberg-moelders-abschied-heimspiel-bayernliga-saison-ziele-trainer-spieler-karger-gala-tore-93066399.html |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Merkur |date=13 May 2024 |language=de}}

In January 2025, he joined SC Wiedenbrück as new manager.{{cite news |last1=Ernstberger |first1=Thomas |title=Sascha Mölders übernimmt Kellerkind SC Wiedenbrück bis Saisonende – Vertrags-Verlängerung bei Klassenerhalt |url=https://www.heimatsport.de/fussball-verbandsebene/regionalliga-bayern/sascha-moelders-uebernimmt-kellerkind-sc-wiedenbrueck-bis-saisonende-vertrags-verlaengerung-bei-klassenerhalt-17741759 |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=heimatsport.de |date=3 January 2025 |language=de}}

Career statistics

{{updated|4 August 2023.}}{{cite web|title=Sascha Mölders » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sascha-moelders/2/|publisher=World Football|access-date=25 April 2016}}

rowspan="2"\|Club	rowspan="2"\|Season	colspan="3"\|League	colspan="2"\|Cup	colspan="2"\|Other	colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|MSV Duisburg II	2006–07	Oberliga Niederrhein	30	24	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	30	24
2007–08	Oberliga Niederrhein	19	15	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	19	15
colspan="2"\|Total	49	39	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	49	39
MSV Duisburg	2007–08	Bundesliga	11	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	12	0
rowspan="3"\|Rot-Weiss Essen	2008–09	Regionalliga West	34	28	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	35	28
2009–10	Regionalliga West	18	14	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	18	14
colspan="2"\|Total	52	42	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	53	42
rowspan="3"\|FSV Frankfurt	2009–10	2. Bundesliga	13	3	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	13	3
2010–11	2. Bundesliga	34	15	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	36	15
colspan="2"\|Total	47	18	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	49	18
rowspan="6"\|FC Augsburg	2011–12	Bundesliga	29	5	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	30	5
2012–13	Bundesliga	24	10	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	25	10
2013–14	Bundesliga	23	2	3	1	colspan="2"\|—	26	3
2014–15	Bundesliga	12	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	12	1
2015–16	Bundesliga	4	0	1	1	colspan="2"\|—	5	1
colspan="2"\|Total	92	18	6	2	colspan="2"\|—	98	20
rowspan="4"\|FC Augsburg II	2012–13	Regionalliga Bayern	3	4	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	3	4
2013–14	Regionalliga Bayern	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	1	0
2014–15	Regionalliga Bayern	2	3	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	2	3
colspan="2"\|Total	6	7	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	6	7
1860 Munich (loan)	2015–16	2. Bundesliga	15	4	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	15	4
rowspan="7"\|1860 Munich	2016–17	2. Bundesliga	20	3	1	0	2{{efn\|Appearances in 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs}}	0	23	3
2017–18	Regionalliga Bayern	33	19	1	0	2{{efn\|Appearances in Regionalliga promotion play-offs}}	3	36	22
2018–19	3. Liga	34	8	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	35	8
2019–20	3. Liga	37	15	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	37	15
2020–21	3. Liga	37	22	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	38	22
2021–22	3. Liga	18	5	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	20	5
colspan="2"\|Total	196	76	6	0	6	3	208	79
Sonnenhof Großaspach	2021–22	Regionalliga Südwest	13	5	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	13	5
rowspan="3"\|TSV Landsberg	2022–23	Oberliga Bayern Süd	34	25	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	34	25
2023–24	Oberliga Bayern Süd	3	3	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	3	3
colspan="2"\|Total	37	28	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	37	28
colspan="3"\|Career total	501	233	16	2	4	3	521	238