José Moratón

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

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).

Racing
Moratón was born in Santander, Cantabria. Since first appearing as a professional for his hometown's Racing de Santander on 13 December 1998, in a 0–0 La Liga home draw against CD Tenerife, he has played 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.

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

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 – 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. In June 2010 he was released by the club, ending a relationship which spanned nearly two decades.

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. In early June 2011, however, following his team's relegation, the 32-year-old chose to retire from professional football.

Coaching career
After returning, Moratón took charge of Racing Santander's U-19 squad. 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. In July 2017, he extended his deal for one further year. In 2018-19 and 2019-20, he then managed CD Bezana, before signing for UM Escobedo on 23 May 2020. He decided to resign on 27 May 2021.

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