| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Fernández Mora | ||
| Date of birth | (1932-10-10)10 October 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Vargas, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 1 January 2017(2017-01-01) (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Santander, Spain | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1945–1949 | Los Kotskas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1951 | Rayo Cantabria | ||
| 1951 | Racing Santander | 1 | (0) |
| 1951–1954 | Betis | ||
| 1954–1955 | Eibar | 4 | (0) |
| 1955–1956 | Rayo Cantabria | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| ?–? | Ayrón | ||
| ?–? | Cantabria (youth) | ||
| 1963 | Racing Santander (interim) | ||
| 1969–1972 | Racing Santander | ||
| 1972–1973 | Osasuna | ||
| 1975–1976 | Gimnástica | ||
| 1976–1978 | Barakaldo | ||
| 1978 | Elche | ||
| 1980–1983 | Racing Santander | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manuel Fernández Mora (10 October 1932 – 1 January 2017), known asMoruca, was a Spanish professionalfootballforward and manager.
Born inVargas, Cantabria, Moruca started playing withRayo Cantabria who acted asfarm team toRacing de Santander.[1] On 25 March 1951 he took part in his first and onlyLa Liga match with the latter side, in a 1–2 away loss againstRCD Español.[2]
At the professional level, Moruca also appeared forSD Eibar inSegunda División. He also representedReal Betis, retiring in 1956 at the age of 24 with his first club Rayo Cantabria.[1]
After working withCA Osasuna,Gimnástica de Torrelavega andBarakaldo CF, promoting the latter to the second level in 1977, Moruca returned to Racing on a permanent basis in 1969–70 – he had already acted asinterim manager six seasons before. He achieved promotion fromTercera División that year and, in1981, with him still in charge, they reached the top flight for the first time ever with a team composed mainly of local players.[3]
Moruca went on to rank second in Racing's all-time list of managers with most games, only behindJosé María Maguregui.[3]