José Moratón

Spanish footballer
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

Racing

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

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

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

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

  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.

External links

  • José Moratón at BDFutbol
  • José Moratón at Soccerway