Atletico De Kolkata’s head coach Jose Molina to land in the city on Friday

The new coach of ATK, Jose Francisco Molina. Image Source: ATK
The new coach of ATK, Jose Francisco Molina. Image Source: ATK

Kolkata:  Atletico De Kolkata’s head coach Jose Molina is to land on the city on Friday, 15th July 2016 at 8:30 a.m. He will be attending a press conference on the same day at 11:45 a.m. in CESC House.

Apart from Jose Molina, in the press conference, Chairman of RP Group, Sanjiv Goyenka will also be present in the press conference who is also the co-owner for the Kolkata franchisee.

The Champions of the inaugural edition of ISL and the Semi-finalists of second edition, Atlético de Kolkata announced few weeks back the appointment of José Francisco Molina Jiménez as their Head Coach, for the third and upcoming season of the Indian Super League.

Molina has an outstanding profile as a player winning the La Liga and Copa Del Rey titles with Atletico de Madrid in their famous 1995-96 season before joining Deportivo La Coruna with whom he once again lifted the Copa Del Rey trophy.

He was also awarded the best goalkeeper award for the lowest goals to games ratio in La Liga back in 1996. He made nine appearances for the Spanish national team and was part of the 1998 World Cup and two European Championships of 1996 and 2000.