José Moratón Taeño

José Moratón
Personal information
Full name José Moratón Taeño
Date of birth (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979
Place of birth Santander, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Racing B (manager)
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)
Teams managed
2016– Racing B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Moratón Taeño (born 14 July 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played usually as a central defender, and is the current manager of Racing de Santander B.

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

Football 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 triumph 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]

Managerial statistics

As of 21 April 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 Present 73 40 16 17 122 70 +52 054.79 [14]
Total 73 40 16 17 122 70 +52 054.79 —

References

  1. ↑ "El Tenerife regala dos puntos en El Sardinero" [Tenerife give away two points at El Sardinero]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 December 1998. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "El Racing vuelve a Primera" [Racing return to Primera] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 May 2002. 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. ↑ "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). 2 September 2006. 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. ↑ "El Alcorcón se baja de la carroza" [Alcorcón get off pedestal]. El País (in Spanish). 6 January 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "El Atlético pasa con faltas nimias" [Atlético go through with minor lapses]. ABC (in Spanish). 11 February 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "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). 20 May 2010. 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. ↑ "Épica victoria del Salamanca ante el Elche (5–4)" [Epic Salamanca win against Elche (5–4)]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 30 April 2011. 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. ↑ "Racing B" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
    "Racing B" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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