Michael Mols
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Mols before a game with the Netherlands
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Michael Alexander Mols | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Geuzenveld | |||
| Eendracht '82 | |||
| Blauw Wit | |||
| 1984–1990 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Cambuur | 43 | (13) |
| 1993–1996 | Twente | 107 | (26) |
| 1996–1999 | Utrecht | 94 | (49) |
| 1999–2004 | Rangers | 98 | (38) |
| 2004–2005 | Utrecht | 14 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Den Haag | 60 | (8) |
| 2007–2009 | Feyenoord | 39 | (4) |
| Total | 455 | (139) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995–1999 | Netherlands | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael Alexander Mols (born 17 December 1970) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a striker.
Born in Amsterdam to Indo (Eurasian) parents, Mols, a product of local AFC Ajax's youth system, never appeared officially for its first team, making his professional debuts in the second division, with Cambuur Leeuwarden, which he helped obtain Eredivisie promotion in 1992. Early into the following year, he signed with another club in the top level, FC Twente, continuing to score regularly with this and his following team, FC Utrecht.
In the 1999 summer, Mols signed with Scottish giants Rangers, scoring nine times in his first nine Scottish Premier League matches. However, during a UEFA Champions League clash against FC Bayern Munich, he collided with opposing goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, which resulted in a serious knee injury – in the same competition, he previously helped his club crush PSV Eindhoven 4–1 at home by scoring twice, whilst in the league, he put four past former Ranger Andy Goram's Motherwell.
In the following years, Mols endured a tough rehabilitation process, eventually recovering fully and scoring 13 times in 27 matches during the 2002–03 championship-winning season, which earned him a one-year extension in his contract. In December 2002, he notably scored the winner in the Old Firm contest against Celtic (3–2), and left club and country in June 2004, having collected a total of five trophies. He unfortunately got sent off on his final appearance for Rangers against Dunfermline.
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