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

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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