Nahuel Molina
#26 · Defender · age 27
82
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 50
- Career peak
- 52
- League level
- 90
- Competition pedigree
- 98
- International pedigree
- 79
- Longevity
- 63
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Career by season
Source: sofascore · fetched 2026-05-29
Molina remains Argentina’s first-choice right-back and the player who provides natural width on that flank. Scaloni’s system asks him to push high and overlap when the right winger drifts inside, a job his Atlético background prepares him for perfectly.
Against low blocks in Group J, his crossing from advanced positions will be a key route to creating chances.
Strengths
- Overlapping runs to provide width when wingers cut inside
- Right-foot delivery from the byline
- Defensive discipline shaped by Simeone's system
Recent form
Regular for Atlético through 2025-26; lost some minutes to Llorente but reclaimed the starting spot by spring.
His World Cup quarter-final goal — the curler past Andries Noppert — was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award.