Miguel Molina (footballer)

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Miguel Molina
Personal information
Full name Miguel Molina Hidalgo [1]
Date of birth (1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Spain [1]
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal (assistant)
Youth career
YearsTeam
Atlético Madrid
Managerial career
2017–2020 Atlético Madrid (assistant)
2020– Arsenal (assistant)

Miguel Molina Hidalgo (born 3 January 1993) is a Spanish football coach who is currently an assistant coach of Premier League club Arsenal.

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Career

Molina played football as a youth for Atlético Madrid. After obtaining a degree in Sport and Exercise Science at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, [2] [3] he returned to Atlético and served as an assistant coach from 2017 to 2020. [1] [3]

Arsenal

In August 2020, Molina moved to England as an assistant coach of Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, working alongside assistant coaches Albert Stuivenberg, Steve Round and Carlos Cuesta, set-piece coach Andreas Georgson and goalkeeping coach Iñaki Caña. [4] [5] [6]

Molina often watches the action from a higher vantage point during games, using a wireless headset to communicate with the coaching staff (usually Stuivenberg and/or Cuesta) on the touchline. [3] [7] [8]

Molina was part of Arteta's coaching team that guided the Gunners to win the 2020 FA Community Shield on penalties against Liverpool on 29 August 2020 [9] [10] and win the 2023 FA Community Shield on penalties against Manchester City on 6 August 2023. [11] [12]

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