José María Salmerón Morales (born 23 October 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a winger, and is the manager of UD Almería B.

Formed at Real Madrid, where he made one first-team appearance and represented the reserves in the Segunda División, he also represented Tenerife in La Liga.

Salmerón's managerial career of over two decades was mainly spent in the lower leagues, with spells at four teams in the second division.

Club career Born in Almería, Andalusia, Salmerón joined Real Madrid's youth setup in 1980, after a recommendation from Vicente del Bosque.; Timeout Magazine, 29 November 2013 On 9 September 1984, while still a junior, he made his first team – and La Liga – debut, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Sporting de Gijón; the weekend had been affected by a professionals' strike, meaning that many youths made their debuts.

However, Salmerón later suffered with injuries, and spent the vast majority of his spell with the reserves in Segunda División. He moved to CD Tenerife in the 1989 summer, but after being again injury prone, only appeared sparingly.

Salmerón subsequently represented Levante UD and UE Sant Andreu in Segunda División B, and CP Almería in Tercera División. He retired with the latter in 1995, aged only 29, after achieving promotion to the third level.

Managerial career Salmerón started his managerial career with newly formed UD Almería in 1999, as the club were already relegated from the third level. He remained in charge in the following season, as the Rojiblancos were promoted at first attempt.

In June 2003, after a stint at UD San Sebastián de los Reyes, Salmerón was appointed assistant manager at Polideportivo Ejido. In November, he was appointed as caretaker manager, replacing fired Quique Setién. Shortly after, he returned to his previous duties after the appointment of Julián Rubio as manager; in June, after the latter's dismissal, he was again caretaker.

On 17 November 2005 Salmerón was again appointed as Poli manager,El ex tinerfeñista Salmerón, nuevo entrenador del Polideportivo Ejido (Former Tenerife player Salmerón, new manager of Polideportivo Ejido) ; El Día, 17 November 2005 remaining in charge for the season and finishing 15th. On 26 December 2006 he was appointed at the helm of Lorca Deportiva CF.Salmerón se convierte en el nuevo entrenador del Lorca (Salmerón becomes Lorca's new manager); Marca, 26 December 2006

After being relegated, Salmerón moved back to the Merengues as the C-team's manager in July 2007. On 26 February 2008 he moved to Deportivo Alavés,Salmerón será el nuevo entrenador del Alavés (Salmerón will be the new manager of Alavés); Marca, 26 February 2008 narrowly avoiding the drop but being sacked in December.El Alavés oficializa la destitución de Salmerón y hoy presentará a Mandiola (Alavés turns official Salmerón's sacking and will present Mandiola today); Diario AS, 23 December 2008

On 20 January 2010 Salmerón returned to Almería, being appointed manager with the reserves.Salmerón es el nuevo técnico del Almería B (Salmerón is the new manager of Almería B); Marca, 20 January 2010 He renewed his link in July,Salmerón continuará como entrenador de la UD Almería B (Salmerón will remain as UD Almería B's manager); Ideal, 11 July 2010 but was relieved from his duties in November.Salmerón, destituido como entrenador del Almería B, y le sustituye Alfonsín (Salmerón, sacked as manager of Almería B, Alfonsín replaces him); Ideal, 30 November 2010

On 14 November 2012 Salmerón was appointed at the helm of CF Fuenlabrada,José María Salmerón, nuevo entrenador del CF Fuenlabrada (José María Salmerón, new manager of CF Fuenlabrada); Fuenlabrada's official website, 14 November 2012 but stepped down in May, after the club's relegation to the fourth level.Jose María Salmerón no seguirá como entrenador del Fuenlabrada (José María Salmerón will not continue as Fuenlabrada's manager); Vavel, 25 May 2013 On 15 June 2015, after nearly two years without a club, he was named CP Cacereño manager,José María Salmerón ya es el técnico del Cacereño (José María Salmerón is already manager of Cacereño); El Periódico de Extremadura, 15 June 2015 but resigned after only eight daysJosé María Salmerón deja el Cacereño (José María Salmerón leaves Cacereño); Ideal, 23 June 2015 and moved to UCAM Murcia CF on 2 July.José María Salmerón, nuevo entrenador del UCAM Murcia CF (José María Salmerón, new manager of UCAM Murcia CF); La Opinión de Murcia, 2 July 2015

In his first season at UCAM, Salmerón won their first promotion to the second tier with a play-off semi-final win over former club Castilla, then took the championship title for good measure on 8 June 2016 with a penalty shootout victory against CF Reus Deportiu. On 11 December that year, he was dismissed, having taken 18 points from as many games with the club second from bottom.

Salmerón remained in the city, taking the job at third-tier Real Murcia CF on 16 October 2017. The following June, after play-off quarter-final elimination by Elche CF, his contract was not renewed. He then became manager of Recreativo de Huelva and won their group, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the post-season by CD Mirandés, and turned down a new deal in June 2019.

On 12 October 2019, Salmerón returned to work at Burgos CF. Nine months later he was hired again by UCAM with the goal of promotion, but lost 1–0 to UD Ibiza in the play-off final on 23 May 2021.

Following a league restructuring, UCAM remained in the third tier in the new Primera División RFEF, while Salmerón was dismissed on 6 November 2021, having taken three wins and as many draws in the first 11 games of the season. A year later, he was hired in the same division at CD Badajoz. After eight straight games without winning, Salmerón was fired on 22 March 2023.El Badajoz destituye a José María Salmerón, hoy.es, 22 March 2023

On 9 February 2025, after nearly two years without a club, Salmerón was named manager of Atlético Sanluqueño CF in the third division. On 5 November, he returned to Almería and their B-team, now in Segunda Federación.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Almería3 May 199913 January 2001Mármol Macael28 May 20011 July 2002SS Reyes1 July 200230 June 2003Poli Ejido (caretaker)17 November 200324 November 2003Poli Ejido (caretaker)1 June 200428 June 2004Poli Ejido17 November 200518 June 2006Lorca Deportiva26 December 200626 February 2007Real Madrid C1 July 200726 February 2008Alavés 26 February 200823 December 2008Almería B20 January 201030 November 2010Fuenlabrada 14 November 201225 May 2013Cacereño15 June 201523 June 2015UCAM Murcia26 June 201511 December 2016 Real Murcia16 October 201731 May 2018 Recreativo9 July 201827 June 2019 Burgos14 October 201924 June 2020UCAM Murcia11 July 20206 November 2021Badajoz5 October 202222 March 2023Sanluqueño9 February 20254 May 2025Almería B5 November 2025PresentTotal —

Honours UCAM Murcia Segunda División B: 2015–16

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