José Moratón Taeño
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Moratón Taeño | ||
Date of birth | 14 July 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Santander, Spain | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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José Moratón Taeño (born 14 July 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played usually as a central defender.
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 Real Racing Club de Santander on 13 December 1998, in a 0–0 La Liga home draw against CD Tenerife, he would play for the club the vast majority of his career. During 2001–02's second division, at El Sardinero, he scored a decisive goal against Atlético Madrid as Racing returned to the top flight after just one year out.[1]
Already established as one of the team's captains,[2] Moratón suffered a severe injury which made him miss most of the 2006–07 season, but played 18 games the following campaign as Racing achieved a first-ever qualification to the UEFA Europa League.
In the following two top level seasons Moratón was used exclusively as a backup, but still contributed with 23 matches combined as Racing managed to maintain its league status. He also helped his team to the semifinals 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 –[3] 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. In June 2010 he was released by the club, ending a relationship which spanned nearly two decades.[4]
Salamanca
Moratón played in 2010–11 with UD Salamanca in the second level, starting in all the matches he appeared in and scoring a career-best five goals.[5] In early June 2011, however, following his team's relegation, the 32-year-old chose to retire from professional football.[6]
References
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- ↑ El Alcorcón se baja de la carroza (Alcorcón gets off pedestal); El País, 6 January 2010 (Spanish)
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External links
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- José Moratón profile at BDFutbol
- José Moratón at Soccerway
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santander, Spain
- Spanish footballers
- Cantabrian footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Racing de Santander players
- UD Salamanca players