Jorge Molina, arguably a player of the last era, is 39 years old and has scored more than 160 goals in La Liga and La Liga, making him the second oldest goalscorer in La Liga history this past week.
Although Hales Molina is almost 40 years old, he is still one of the most respected strikers in La Liga at the moment. The Alicante is a late-blooming role model, taking the first steps of his professional football career at the age of 25 and having been active at the highest level for 15 years. Molina, who spent four very successful years at Getafe, is now in his second season with Granada, has scored eight goals so far this season and is Granada's top scorer, playing a crucial role in the team's relegation campaign.
In Last Monday's 2-2 draw with Rayo Vallecano, a goal from Molina put it in La Liga history. He surpassed César Rodríguez (39 years and 279 days) to become the second-oldest goalscorer in La Liga history (39 years and 346 days), behind Brazilian legend Donato (40 years and 138 days) who played for A Coruña for a long time, but Molina still has time to break the record, as he has previously renewed his contract with Granada until the 2022/23 season.
Molina played an incredible season. In the 18th round of the season against Mallorca, who is also a relegation team, Molina completed a hat-trick, a feat that made him the oldest player in La Liga history to perform a hat-trick.
Molina has created many memories for Spanish fans, especially those of Real Betis, Getafe and Elche. Since Molina joined La Liga side Edo Sport in 2007, he has scored a total of 161 goals in the Spanish Professional Football League, 71 of which are La Liga goals.
Molina won two La Liga titles (2011, 2015) while playing for Real Betis and was hailed as Elche's top scorer in the 2009/10 season.
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