{"id":290352,"date":"2023-10-07T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290352"},"modified":"2023-10-07T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:24:18","slug":"former-rangers-forward-michael-mols-undergoes-brain-tumor-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/former-rangers-forward-michael-mols-undergoes-brain-tumor-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Rangers forward Michael Mols undergoes brain tumor operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Rangers forward Michael Mols undergoes brain tumour operation&#8230; with the Gers icon &#8216;staying positive&#8217; as he recovers in hospital<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Mols announced he is recovering following his surgery in Amsterdam\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The ex-Rangers striker received messages of support from former team-mates<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Rangers star\u00a0Michael Mols has announced he has undergone an operation on a brain tumour in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Mols, who played for the Scottish giants between 1999 and 2004, revealed the shock news in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old shared a photo following his operation, where he was seen lying in a hospital bed with a bandage around his head.<\/p>\n<p>Mols also is seen raised two thumbs up in the photo, with the Dutchman insisting he is remaining positive.<\/p>\n<p>The former striker has thanked staff at the hospital for taking care of him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/07\/09\/76272401-0-image-a-33_1696667155621.jpg\" height=\"787\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Rangers star Michael Mols is recovering in hospital following surgery on a brain tumour<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/07\/10\/76273097-12604673-image-a-48_1696669358234.jpg\" height=\"493\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mols played for Rangers between 1999 and 2004 with the Dutch star winning two league titles<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Brain tumour operation, done it!&#8217; Mols wrote. &#8216;Next step: recovery, giving 100 per cent, staying positive!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everybody who took care of me or look after me from Amsterdam UMC, THANK YOU!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mols enjoyed a successful spell at Rangers where he scored 45 goals in 126 appearances for the club after joining from Dutch side Utrecht in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>He won the Scottish Premier League title in 2000 and 2003, when the Gers were coached by Dick Advocaat and Alex McLeish respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Mols also won two Scottish Cups and the Scottish League Cup on two occasions, scoring 14 goals in all competitions as Rangers achieved a domestic Treble in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The striker, who was capped six times by the Netherlands, returned to\u00a0Utrecht in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Lovenkrands, who played alongside Mols at Rangers, was among those to offer their best wishes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/07\/10\/76273103-12604673-image-a-49_1696669414447.jpg\" height=\"483\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mols, left holding his son, was part of Rangers treble winning team during the 2002-03 season\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Stay strong my friend, thoughts are with you, speedy recovery,&#8217;\u00a0Lovenkrands wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Get well soon my friend,&#8217; added Pedro Mendes, another Rangers fan favourite.<\/p>\n<p>Mols and Mendes had played alongside each other during the six-a-side\u00a0Masters Football tournament in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Carroll, Alan Hutton, Carlos Cuellar, Lee McCulloch, Barry Ferguson and Kris Boyd also feature among the squad of Gers legends.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12604673\/Rangers-Michael-Mols-brain-tumour-operation-recovers-hospital.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rangers forward Michael Mols undergoes brain tumour operation&#8230; 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