Guillermo Federico Molins Palmeiro (; born 26 September 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer.
Beginning his career with Malmö FF in 2006, he has gone on to play professionally in Belgium, Spain, China, Greece, and Norway. A full international between 2010 and 2014, he has won six caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national team.
Club career
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 first professional contract with the club. It wasn't until on 15 May 2007 when he made his first appearance of the season, coming on as a late substitute, in a 1–0 win against Helsingborg. A month later on 15 June 2007, Molins made his first start for Malmö and played 54 minutes before being substituted, in a 2–1 loss against Halmstad. However, he found his playing time, mostly coming from the substitute bench throughout the 2007 season. As a result, Molins was demoted to the club's second time and found his playing time there. He later spoke in an interview with Malmö FF about his development and hope to earn a place in the first team. At the end of the 2007 season, Molins went on to make eleven appearances in all competitions.
Ahead of the 2008 season, Molins signed a contract with the Malmö FF, keeping him until 2011 and switched number shirt to 14. Since the start of the 2008 season, he fought for a regular place in the starting eleven for the club. In the opening game of the season, Molins set up Malmö FF's only goal of the game, in a 1–1 draw against IFK Göteborg. A week later on 10 April 2008, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 1–1 draw against Elfsborg. Six days later on 16 April 2008, Molins scored his second goal for Malmö FF, in a 2–0 win against Gefle. Two weeks later on 1 May 2008, he scored twice for the club, in a 3–2 win against Kristianstads in second round of the Svenska Cupen. During a 2–1 loss against Helsingborgs on 30 September 2008, Molins set up Malmö FF's only goal of the game but, when taken off by manager Roland Nilsson in the 66th minute, he reacted furiously and kicked the bench. This saw him being dropped from the squad for one match by the club. Having helped Malmö FF sixth place in the league, Molins said: "I still see myself as a striker, and I hope I get more chances at the top, said Guillermo Molins after the match. Although he is obviously happy to have kept a regular place in the team, and plays where he is placed by the coach." Despite suffering injuries during the 2008 season, he went on to make thirty appearances and scoring four times in all competitions.