Mourning at Tenerife

Alberto Molina, CD Tenerife's all-time appearance leader with 413 matches, has died at 83.

CD Tenerife mourns the death of Alberto Molina, one of the club's most emblematic figures. Molina, born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1943, passed away on Monday, 26 October, at the age of 83.

The central defender played for Tenerife between 1963/64 and 1975/76, serving as captain for eight seasons. His 413 appearances remain the club record. Molina joined Tenerife at age 20 and became a fixture in the team's lineup throughout his career, earning recognition as a powerful defender with good technical ability. A serious injury between January 1967 and summer 1968 cost him over a year of football and prevented him from reaching 500 appearances.

Tenerife has announced that players will wear black armbands during Wednesday's Copa del Rey match against CD Badajoz, and will observe a minute's silence before Sunday's league fixture against FC Andorra. Molina was honoured with the Gold and Brilliant insignia in 1976, named a Tenerife Legend in 2021, and had gate 5 of the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium named after him in April 2026.