Kevin Molino

BIOGRAPHY

Kevin Molino was born on June 17, 1990 in Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago. He is a midfielder in Major League Soccer.

After playing for several years in the TT Pro League, with San Juan Jabloteh and Ma Pau SC, Molino signed with Orlando City in the USL Professional Division on March 18, 2011. He scored his first goal for his new club on May 14th in a 1–0 win over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Following two seasons with Orlando, Molino had week-long trials with PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and Zulte Waregem of Belgium in hopes of continuing his career in Europe. However, on March 13, 2013, it was announced that Molino had re-signed with Orlando for the 2013 USL Pro season. On January 10, 2014, Molino signed a new two-year contract with Orlando City which would keep him at the club when they transition into Major League Soccer for the 2015 season despite heavy interest from other MLS and foreign suitors. The deal made Molino the first player signed to Orlando's MLS roster. Molino began the 2014 USL Pro season, the club's final season in the league, with 15 goals in his first 21 matches, the most in the league at that point in the season. Molino tied the league single-season goal scoring record of 15 shared by Dom Dwyer and José Angulo on August 16, 2014 with six games left in the season. Two games later on August 23, 2014, Molino scored in a league match against the Richmond Kickers to bring his goal tally to 16 for the season, setting the new single-season record in the process. Molino concluded Orlando City's final USL Pro season with a goal against the Richmond Kickers, raising his final record-tally to 20 as Orlando City won its third Commissioner's Cup in four years.

On May 2, 2015, during Orlando City's friendly against Ponte Preta, Molino tore his right ACL and missed the remainder of the 2015 MLS season. On April 3, 2016, Molino scored his first goal for Orlando City from a penalty in a 4–1 win over Portland Timbers. On January 26, 2017 it was announced that Molino would rejoin former coach Adrian Heath at Minnesota United FC after Minnesota paid Orlando City $650,000 in allocation money for the player. The transfer fee paid was reportedly tied for the largest exchange in league history. On March 10, 2018, during the second game of Minnesota United FC's season, Molino tore his left ACL in a match against Orlando City FC after scoring two goals in the first game of the season.

Following Minnesota's 2020 season, Molino's contract expired. On December 16, 2020, Molino announced that he would not be rejoining Minnesota United. On January 7, 2021, Columbus Crew announced the signing of Molino for the 2021 Major League Soccer season.

Molino has represented Trinidad and Tobago at international level. He was named in Trinidad's 2010 Caribbean Cup squad, and made his international debut versus Guyana on November 4, 2010.

Molino won the 2023 MLS Cup Final by defeating LAFC 2-1 on December 9, 2023.