José Moratón

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José Moratón
Personal information
Full name José Moratón Taeño
Date of birth (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Santander, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Laredo (assistant)
Youth career
Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Racing B
1998–2010 Racing Santander 188 (4)
2010–2011 Salamanca 33 (5)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Racing Santander (U19)
2016–2018 Racing B
2018–2020 Bezana
2021– Laredo (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Moratón Taeño (born 14 July 1979) is a Spanish former footballer who played usually as a central defender, and the current assistant manager of CD Laredo.

In a 13-year professional career he played mainly for Racing de Santander, appearing in 156 La Liga matches over nine seasons for the club (three goals).

Club career[edit]

Racing[edit]

Moratón was born in Santander, Cantabria. Since first appearing as a professional for hometown's Racing de Santander on 13 December 1998, in a 0–0 La Liga home draw against CD Tenerife,[1] he would play for the club the vast majority of his career. During 2001–02's second division, at Campos de Sport de El Sardinero, he scored a decisive goal against Atlético Madrid as Racing returned to the top flight after just one year out.[2]

Already established as one of the team's captains,[3] Moratón suffered a severe injury which made him miss most of 2006–07.[4] He played 18 games the following season, as the side achieved a first-ever qualification to the UEFA Europa League.[5]

In the following two top level campaigns, Moratón was used exclusively as a backup, but still contributed with 23 matches combined as Racing managed to retain their league status. He also helped them to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, notably netting in a 3–2 win at AD Alcorcón (which had previously ousted Real Madrid), also the final aggregate score[6]– precisely in the last-four stage, he scored in his own net against Atlético Madrid, in an insufficient 3–2 home victory and 3–6 overall loss.[7] In June 2010 he was released by the club, ending a relationship which spanned nearly two decades.[8]

Salamanca[edit]

Moratón played in 2010–11 with UD Salamanca in the second tier, starting in all the matches he appeared in and scoring a career-best five goals.[9][10][11][12] In early June 2011, however, following his team's relegation, the 32-year-old chose to retire from professional football.[13]

Coaching career[edit]

After returning, Moratón took charge of Racing Santander's U-19 squad.[14] After the 2011-12 season, he then worked a few years at the Federación Cántabra de Fútbol as a coach.

In June 2016, Moratón was appointed manager of Racing B, signing .[15] In July 2017, he extended his deal for one further year.[16] In 2018-19 and 2019-20, he then managed CD Bezana, before signing for UM Escobedo on 23 May 2020.[17] He decided to resign on 27 May 2021.[18]

On 24 May 2022, he was appointed assistant manager of CD Laredo.[19]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 8 December 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Racing B Spain 17 June 2016 30 May 2018 76 42 16 18 127 74 +53 055.26 [20]
Bezana Spain 30 May 2018 Present 16 8 4 4 24 17 +7 050.00 [21]
Total 92 50 20 22 151 91 +60 054.35

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vicario, Ernesto (14 December 1998). "El Tenerife regala dos puntos en El Sardinero" [Tenerife give away two points at El Sardinero]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ Vicario, Ernesto (20 May 2002). "El Racing vuelve a Primera" [Racing return to Primera] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Munitis seguirá siendo el capitán del Racing" [Munitis to continue as Racing captain]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 July 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. ^ Fernández-Cueto, F. (2 September 2006). "El Racing aplaza hasta diciembre la posibilidad de fichar a Iván Helguera" [Racing postpone possibility of signing Iván Helguera until December]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ "El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0)" [Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ^ Giovio, Eleonora (6 January 2010). "El Alcorcón se baja de la carroza" [Alcorcón get off pedestal]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  7. ^ Cuéllar, José Manuel (11 February 2010). "El Atlético pasa con faltas nimias" [Atlético go through with minor lapses]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  8. ^ Menocal, Marcos (20 May 2010). "El Racing comunica a Moratón y Oriol que no cuenta con ellos" [Racing tell Moratón and Oriol they are free to leave]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Un discreto Salamanca derrota a un feble Tenerife" [Unassuming Salamanca beat weak Tenerife]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 6 September 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  10. ^ "El Salamanca remonta y gana a Las Palmas en un gran partido (4–2)" [Salamanca come from behind and beat Las Palmas in great match (4–2)]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 20 November 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  11. ^ "El Tenerife resucita ante un Salamanca directo al abismo" [Tenerife come back to life against freefalling Salamanca]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 February 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  12. ^ Blanco, J. M. (30 April 2011). "Épica victoria del Salamanca ante el Elche (5–4)" [Epic Salamanca win against Elche (5–4)]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Moratón anuncia que se retira como futbolista" [Moratón announces retirement as footballer]. La Gaceta de Salamanca (in Spanish). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  14. ^ Moratón debuta como entrenador al frente del cadete A, realracingclub.es, 2 August 2011
  15. ^ Ezequiel Loza y Moratón regresan al Racing, eldiariocantabria.publico.es, 17 June 2016
  16. ^ José Moratón dirigirá al filial racinguista la temporada 2017/18, realracingclub.es, 7 July 2017
  17. ^ U.M. Escobedo on Twitter: "Jose Moratón será el Nuevo ..., twitter.com, 23 May 2020
  18. ^ Moratón dimite y Vichi dirigirá al Escobedo en el Play Off, cadenaser.com, 27 May 2021
  19. ^ José Moratón se incorpora al CD Laredo, cdlaredo.com, 24 May 2022
  20. ^ "Rayo Cantabria" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
    "Rayo Cantabria" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  21. ^ "Bezana" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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