2016 Indian Super League (ISL) - Indian Super League (ISL)Franchise Atletico de Kolkata (ATK)appoints Jose Francisco Molina Jimenez as their head coach Tuesday May 03,2016

Indian Super League (ISL) football franchise Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) on Tuesday May 03,2016 announced the appointment of Jose Francisco Molina Jimenez as their head coach, for the third and upcoming edition of the tournament in 2016

Jose Francisco Molina Jimenez will be filling in the void created by Antonio Lopez Habas, who has switched allegiance to rivals FC Pune City.

Atletico are the champions of the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2014. They reached the semi-finals in 2015

Jose Francisco Molina Jimenez  represented his national side Spain at the 1998 World Cup and two European Championships in 1996 and 2000. Molina's club career was intimately related with Spanish giants Atletico de Madrid, ATK's co-owner, for whom he featured in 189 matches over a period of five years as their goal keeper.

As a player, Jose Francisco Molina Jimenez went on to win the La Liga and Copa Del Rey titles with Atletico de Madrid in 1995-96 season before joining Deportivo de La Coruna with whom he lifted the Copa Del Rey trophy. Molina has previously managed teams like Villarreal, and Kitchee.

"I welcome Jose Molina into our Atletico de Kolkata family. Molina's experience with leading clubs of Spain and other parts of the world makes him an ideal candidate to take our on field performance few notches higher in his forthcoming assignment," ATK co-owner Sanjiv Goenka said 
"He will be instrumental in building the team’s strategy and help us select some good prospective footballers for the upcoming season. We wish him all the success and I am definitely sure that he will showcase the finest quality of football under his able guidance that has become synonymous to Atlético de Kolkata."