The 26-year-old stepped onto the pro league stage and then began a crazy goal-scoring drama.
Scoring 26, 27 and 22 goals in three consecutive years, the low-level striker finally stepped onto the La Liga stage at the age of 29.
Humiliated Real Madrid and killed Barca, at the age of 38, he is only one step away from joining the Chinese Super League.
Because of Ma Chin's broken contract, he stayed in Europe and wrote the legend of hat-tricking la Liga at the age of 39 and 241 days.
At the age of 26, he entered the professional arena: the grassroots center justified his name with a goal
Born on 22 April 1982 in Jorge Molina, he debuted in the little-known Academy of The Arcois.
He then moved to a number of lower clubs such as Benidorm, Gandía and Ejido, and finally found a stage to prove himself in the 2008-09 La Liga B (Spain's third division).
He scored 26 goals in 42 league + Copa del Rey games, his first year of professional league experience, but he is already 26 years old. 'Almost no other player has ever walked the path I grew up on, and it also made me understand that everything I have achieved has not been easy to come by. Molina's understated words are full of wind and frost.
In the summer of 2009, his career took a leap forward when He was recruited by Elche FC in La Liga, and Molina rewarded his new club with 26 La Liga goals in the following season, shooting the La Liga Golden Boot that season.
In 2010 he joined Real Betis, scoring 22 goals in a single season in La Liga and the Copa del Rey, contributing to the promotion of the team.
At the age of 29, Molina finally set foot in La Liga for the first time, not expecting the next 10 years to become the most glorious moment of his career.
We used to think that the age of 29 was the beginning of a player's career peak, but C Ronaldo ushered in a new peak of his career after the age of 29.
3 Ballon d'Or and 1 European Cup winner gave the Portuguese where they are today.
Although it cannot be compared with C Ronaldo, Molina's peak of greenery also began at the age of 29.
He almost joined the Chinese Super League: ruined the championship dreams of Koeman and Messi
At Betis, Molina left an indelible mark on her career. In the 2010–11 Copa del Rey season, he helped the team to a 3-1 victory over Pep Guardiola's Dream Three Barcass with a scoring.
Although the team's two-legged aggregate score was out, Molina's name began to be known to more people.
In the following three La Liga seasons, Molina contributed 28 La Liga goals to Betis, and even in the 2013-14 season, Molina embarked on the Europa League, scoring 2 goals in 7 games.
However, the two-line battle allowed Betis to be relegated in La Liga, but the unforgiving Molina made another threat in La Liga, and the 32-year-old scored 19 goals to help the team return to La Liga.
Facing the peak of Real Madrid, Molina humiliated his opponent with a goal, and the future Golden Ball Mr. Modric could only helplessly become the "background board" of this grassroots center.
Surprisingly, at the age of 34, Molina chose to join the lower level Getafe, with 20 goals and 6 assists in the league plus 2 goals and 2 assists in the promotion play-offs, and the 35-year-old Molina returned to La Liga and scored a la Liga single-season best performance card with 14 goals and 5 assists at the age of 37.
At that time, Getafe's 31-year-old Jaime Mata, 32-year-old Angel Rodriguez teamed up with 37-year-old Jorge Molina, and the 100-year-old forward trident almost brought the team to the Champions League. Unfortunately, the last round was a millimeter away, and Molina left regrets.
In the summer of 2020, because former Espanyol coach Ma Qin signed with Qingdao Huanghai, he recommended molina, who was already 38 years old, to the Chinese Super League team, an offer was given to Spain for the first time, and the old center was also considering whether he should come to the East to play.
As a result, because Ma Qin then "released the pigeons", he did not even come to the Chinese Super League after the official announcement, which also made the transfer finally unsuccessful.
Molina chose to switch to Granada, and at the age of 38 he embarked on a new adventure. On his 39th birthday last season, he scored 15 goals in all competitions, including passing in the Europa League round of 16, but unfortunately lost to Manchester United in the quarter-finals.
However, Granada played a key spoiler role in the 2020-21 La Liga title race. They faced Messi-led Barca at Camp Nou and completed a 2-1 comeback victory with only 18 per cent possession.
At that time, Barça could surpass Atletico in the table as long as they won, and it turned out that Molina's final-minute header broke the goal and dealt a fatal blow to Barca's dream of winning.
Molina is also very proud of this goal: "The reversal of Barca is a remarkable achievement. Our team was plagued by injuries, but the coach told everyone at halftime that we could reverse the win, and we really did. ”
Hat-trick at 39: There's another record waiting for him
In this round of La Liga, Molina scored a hat-trick to help the team beat Mallorca 4-1, and he also became the oldest hat-trick player in La Liga at the age of 39 years and 241 days.
With only 15 La Liga games this season, he has already scored 6 goals, surpassing last season's 8-goal stats, and even promising to challenge his career-high La Liga record of 14 goals.
In addition to breaking the city in La Liga, Molina also scored two goals in the Copa del Rey, and he is likely to have a season of scoring doubles at the age of 40.
The 1.88-meter-tall high striker not only knows how to head the ball, but also has quite good skills on his feet, and has good ball control and protection skills.
The third goal of his hat-trick this time was to catch the ball and turn around and shoot from a distance to score, which can be said to be very exciting.
With this goal, Molina also became the oldest player in the history of not only La Liga, but also the five major leagues to complete a hat-trick.
Previously, the Premier League record was 37 years old and 146 days of Sheringham, Ligue 1 was 37 years old and 31 days of Cascarino, Bundesliga was 37 years old and 151 days of Pizarro, Serie A Palacio once dominated Europe with 39 years and 86 days, but now also has to give way to grassroots centre-forward Molina.
"I cherish the stage of the stadium. As long as I can keep scoring, I will extend my career as long as I can. Apparently, Molina wasn't going to hang up her boots "prematurely."
With at least one record to go for the veteran, he surpassed Joaquin as the third oldest goal scorer in La Liga history.
Before him there was Cesar, 39 years old and 279 days, and Donato, 40 years old and 138 days old. If it can maintain its form, I believe that after a year Molina can hit the next historical record.
Conclusion
From stepping into La Liga at the age of 29 to reaching the peak of history at the age of 40, Molina will be glad that he did not come to the Chinese Super League in the summer of 2020.
Serie A has Ibrahimovic's legend of immortality, and La Liga also has Molina's grassroots immortality. The green field is not only for the young talents of U20, but even at the age of 40, they can write their own chapter.