Guillermo Molins

Malmö FF

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Molins moved to Sweden when he was four year old. This was due to Uruguay's dictatorship as the reason why his family fled the country. Molins began his football career at Kävlinge GIF and moved to Landskrona BoIS, where he stayed there for a year. Molins then joined Kävlinge GIF for the second time in 2005 via Stora Harrie IF. In August 2005, he joined Malmö FF, starting out his professional football career. Molins started out at the club's youth team for the rest of the 2005 season. He was promoted to the Malmö’s second season in the 2006 season. Around the same time, Molins was promoted to the club's first team when he was featured in a training match against Kristianstads FF on 28 February 2006. Molins later helped Malmö FF's second team win the league after beating Kirsebergs IF on 19 September 2006. He was then called up to the club's first team against Hammarby and made his debut for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan on 2 October 2006, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Emil Hallfreðsson, in a 2–2 draw. Molins then helped the club's second team reach the JSM tournament final by contributing good performances and scoring, only to lose 4–0 against Brommapojkarna's second team. But he did help Malmö FF's second team win the Malmö Championship. Molins went on to make five appearances in the club's first team at the end of the 2006 season. Ahead of the 2007 season, Molins was promoted to the Malmö’s first team and signed his…

Molins is eligible to play for Sweden (through his father) and Uruguay (through his mother and the country he was born).

Youth career

In March 2007, Molins was called up to the Sweden U19 squad for the first time. He made his debut for the U19 side, in a 1–1 draw against Slovakia U19 on 27 March 2007. Two days later on 29 March 2007, Molins scored his first Sweden U19 goal, in a 1–1 draw against Slovakia U19. He went on to make four appearances for Sweden U19. In May 2008, Molins was called up to the Sweden U21 for the first time. He made his U21 debut on 25 May 2008 when Sweden U21 played Portugal U21, as they drew 0–0. After the match, Sydsvenskan praised his debut performance. It wasn't until on 5 September 2008 when Molin scored his first goal for the U21 side, in a 1–0 win against Poland U21. In May 2009, he was selected for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Sweden. Molins started the tournament when he set up one of the goals in a 5–1 win against Belarus U21 on 16 June 2009. It wasn't until 26 June 2009 when Molins made his second appearance of the tournament, coming against England U21. He set up Sweden’s third goal of the game to make it 3–3, resulting in a penalty shootout. Molins took the final spot kick, which he missed, resulting in Sweden U21 being eliminated from the tournament. After the match, Molins said that the penalty kick miss resulted in him breaking down in tears and he was supported by his teammates. Following this, he continued to…

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International

International goals

Molins has a dual citizenship of Sweden and Uruguay. Growing up in Sweden since he moved to the country at age four, Molins grew up in a city of Kävlinge. He also grew up supporting Nacional and Serie A side Inter Milan. Molins spoke about politics in Sweden, saying: "There are no limits. The atmosphere is wonderful and therefore it goes well for us." In addition to speaking Swedish, he also speaks French, having learnt the language at school.