Daniel Morales (footballer, born 1975)

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Daniel Morales
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Personal information
Full name Daniel Alexandre Morales Batagello
Date of birth (1975-12-06) 6 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Botev Vratsa (manager)
Youth career
XV de Jaú
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1997 XV de Jaú
1998 Mogi Mirim
1998 Fernandópolis
1999–2000 Garça
2000–2002 Coritiba 21 (3)
2002–2004 Naftex Burgas 35 (6)
2004–2005 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 9 (0)
2005–2006 Cherno More 19 (3)
2006–2007 CSKA Sofia 10 (1)
2007–2008 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 (0)
2008–2009 Spartak Varna 27 (7)
2009 Lokomotiv Mezdra 13 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2016 Litex Lovech (youth coach)
2016–2019 CSKA Sofia (youth coach)
2016–2018 → CSKA Sofia (assistant)
2019 → CSKA Sofia (assistant)
2020–2021 CSKA Sofia (assistant)
2020 CSKA Sofia (caretaker)
2021–2022 Botev Vratsa
2022 CSKA 1948 III
2022–2023 Botev Vratsa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2009

Daniel Alexandre Morales Batagello (born 6 December 1975) is a Brazilian former footballer, who typically played as a defensive midfielder, and now manager.

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Playing career

After spending the first nine years of his career in his home country with XV de Jau, Mogi Mirim, Fernandópolis, Garça FC and Coritiba, Morales relocated to Bulgaria in December 2002, signing a contract with Naftex Burgas. During playing at Brazil Morales earned 200 appearances, scored twenty goals. He made his competitive debut for Naftex on 15 March 2003 against Cherno More Varna in the seventeen round of the Bulgarian top division. In the next season (2003–04), Morales earned 27 appearances playing in the A Group, scored six goals and provided seven assists. On 13 February 2004 he scored two goals and provided one assist in a match against Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia. The result of the match was a 3-3 draw.

In June 2004 Daniel joined the defended A Group champions Lokomotiv Plovdiv for a fee of 100 000 €. He wears shirt number twenty-eight for Loko. Morales made his debut for Loko Plovdiv on 15 August 2004 against his previous team Naftex.

In season 2004/05 he played in only 9 matches and in summer'2005 signed with Cherno More Varna. Morales fast becomes part of the starting team of Cherno More. The Brazilian player is uncompromising in defense and very dangerous in attack. In December 2006 he was honored as Footballer of the Year of Varna . One month later he transferred to the most successful Bulgarian football team - CSKA Sofia. For six months in CSKA Morales earned 10 appearances playing in the A PFG, scoring one goal. In season 2007/08 he played in Lokomotiv Plovdiv. On 3 August 2008 Morales signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Spartak Varna. In the season 2008-09 he earned 27 appearances playing in the A Group, scored seven goals and provided two assists. In June 2009 Morales signed with Lokomotiv Mezdra, where he retired after a season.

Managerial career

From 2010 to 2011 he was scout in Chernomorets Burgas. [1] In October 2010 he founded his own youth academy in Burgas. [2] From 2013 Morales works at Litex as youth coach, before moving to the CSKA Sofia academy in 2016, after the take over of Grisha Ganchev.

CSKA Sofia

Yourth coach and assistant role

On 27 November 2016, following the resignation of Edward Iordănescu, Stamen Belchev was appointed as interim manager of CSKA Sofia, while Morales was announces as his assistant. [3] On 3 January 2017 both were confirmed to become a permanent manager and assistant of the team. [4] Between 2016 and 2008 Morales was again manager of youth sectors of the team, before Lyuboslav Penev appointment as manager of CSKA Sofia for a third time on 8 February 2019 on whom Daniem become an assistant. [5] He was later assistant under Dobromir Mitov and Stamen Belchev.

Caretaker role and assistance under Akrapović

In November 2021 Morales was announced as an interim manager of CSKA. He led the team in 4 matches, 2 of them in the Europa League against Roma and Young Boys. [6] [7] After Bruno Akrapović was announced as the new manager of the team on 11 November 2021, he once again stepped down as an assistant. [8]

On 2 April 2021, after 5 years in CSKA Sofia, Morales left the club due to mutual agreement. [9]

Head coach

On 9 June 2021, Morales was announced as the new manager of Bulgarian First League team of Botev Vratsa. [10] On 10 June 2022 he was announced as the new manager of CSKA 1948 III. [11]

Managerial statistics

As of 12 April 2023
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %GFGAGD
Flag of Bulgaria.svg CSKA Sofia (interim)1 November 202011 November 20204211050.0034-1
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Botev Vratsa 9 June 202122 March 2022244713016.672243-21
Flag of Bulgaria.svg CSKA 1948 III 10 June 202212 September 20226213033.3398+1
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Botev Vratsa 13 September 2022present16448025.00926-15
Total50121325024.004381-38

Personal life

In April 2009, he received a Bulgarian passport, having also Brazilian and Italian passports. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Черноморец взе Пламен Гетов и Даниел Моралес".
  2. ↑ "Народно дело: Дани Моралес иска да прави школа във Варна". Archived from the original on 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Позиция на футболен клуб ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 27 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Официално: Стамен Белчев постоянен старши треньор на ЦСКА-София
  5. ↑ Mladenova, Kremena (8 February 2019). "ЦСКА представи Любо Пенев, треньорът: Аз съм си у дома" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ ЦСКА с нов треньор срещу Рома: Стана ясно кой ще води "армейците" на "Олимпико"
  7. ↑ Даниел Моралес ще продължи да бъде старши треньор на ЦСКА
  8. ↑ Официално: ЦСКА представи Бруно Акрапович!
  9. ↑ Даниел Моралес си тръгна от ЦСКА
  10. ↑ Даниел Моралес е новият старши-треньор на Ботев (Враца)
  11. ↑ Даниел Моралес е старши треньорът на третия отбор на ЦСКА | ЦСКА 1948 | Честният път към върха | cska1948.bg
  12. ↑ КАРИЕРА В КЛУБА
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