Rogelio Funes Mori

Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori (born 5 March 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Monterrey. He is currently the club's second all-time top scorer.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Funes and the second or maternal family name is Mori.
Rogelio Funes Mori
Rogelio Funes Mori
Personal information
Full name Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori
Date of birth (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991
Place of birth Mendoza, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Monterrey
Number 7
Youth career
2001–2008 Associated Soccer Group
2008 FC Dallas
2008–2009 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 River Plate 100 (20)
2013–2015 Benfica 2 (0)
2013–2015 Benfica B 12 (13)
2014–2015 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 29 (8)
2015– Monterrey 184 (92)
National team‡
2011 Argentina U20 12 (4)
2012 Argentina 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 September 2012

His identical twin brother Ramiro is also a footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Villarreal and for Argentina national team.

Early life

Funes Mori was born in Mendoza, Argentina. In 2001, he moved to Arlington, Texas and attended Workman Junior High and Arlington High School where he was coached by the Coach Jeffrey Waldrop playing football with his twin brother, Ramiro.[1] The twins' father, Miguel, played professional football in Argentina with clubs such as Independiente Rivadavia and Club Atlético Argentino in the 1980s.[2] Funes Mori scored 40 goals in the 2008 season leading his team to District Champions and Area Finalist with a record of 24–2–1. Gabriel and Ramiro, who are identical twins, also played several seasons for the Associated Soccer Group (ASG) 91' team. His coach with ASG was Uche Okafor.[3]

After that, Chelsea scout Jorge Alvial scouted Rogelio and Ramiro on the first day of the reality show Sueño MLS, and spoke to his parents about a future tryout at Chelsea.[4] He participated in Sueño MLS and won the contest, therefore becoming part of FC Dallas.[5][6][7]

Club career

River Plate

Funes Mori began his professional career with River Plate in the Argentine Primera División on 6 December 2009, on a 1–3 defeat against Vélez Sársfield.[8] He played the last two games of that year at home against Racing Club and away to Tigre, scoring his first goal with the club in their visit to the latter.[9][10]

In the traditional pre-season encounters for the big clubs in Argentina, the Torneos de Verano, he scored for River in a 3–1 victory over their rivals Boca Juniors in Mar del Plata's Copa Desafío.[11]

On 9 May, during the 2010 Clausura tournament, he scored his first hat-trick for River Plate in a game against Racing Club. He achieved the three goals in only 24 minutes, breaking a personal 11-match streak without scoring a goal.[12] In the last game of the tournament, the forward scored River's only goal in a 1–5 loss to Tigre at home.[13][14]

In the first game of the 2010 Apertura, he scored a 90th-minute goal following an assist from Ariel Ortega to secure a 1–0 victory over Tigre.[15] This was his third goal in three games against that team. In the third fixture, against Independiente, he scored two goals in the first half as River went on to win 3–2.[16] The forward scored his fourth goal of the season in the 1–0 victory over Arsenal de Sarandí.[17]

Benfica

On 10 August 2013, Funes Mori joined Benfica on a five-year contract. River Plate received €2 million from an investment group who kept a share of its economic right's, with Benfica receiving half, plus the sports rights.[18]

On 15 September, he made his debut for Benfica B, scoring his first goal in a Benfica shirt. On 15 March, he scored four goals for the B side against Sporting Covilhã in a 4–0 win. On 9 July 2014, he was loaned to Eskişehirspor in Turkey for one year, with the option to make the move permanent for a €3.5 million fee.[19]

Monterrey

On 12 June 2015, Funes Mori moved to Liga MX club Monterrey.[20] He made his debut in a 3–2 friendly win over Morelia, scoring in the 91st minute.[21] In his debut tournament he finished fourth-joint top scorer of the league with 11 goals.

On 6 August 2016, he scored his first hat-trick against León.[22]

In December 2017, he won the Copa MX after defeating Pachuca 1–0 in a home win.[23]

He scored his 100th goal for the club on 18 December 2019 in the Club World Cup semi-final against Premiere League club Liverpool, making it 1–1 partial at the 14th minute but culminating in a 2–1 loss.[24] After their participation at the Club World Cup, Monterrey disputed the Apertura championship finals against América. In the second leg, he scored the tying aggregate goal in order to take the match into overtime; where the winner was determined via a penalty shootout and Monterrey ultimately won 4–2.[25] He was included in the tournament's Best XI.[26]

With Monterrey's victory of the 2019–20 Copa MX, they had obtained the continental treble.[27]

International career

Funes Mori was called up by Walter Perazzo to be part of the Argentina national under-20 team that participated in the 2011 South American Youth Championship, scoring twice.[28][29]

In 2012, he made his debut for the senior national team during the Superclásico de las Américas.[30]

Early in 2019, he inquired FIFA about the possibility to play for the Mexico national team,[31] but was deemed ineligible.[32] In 2020, following a change of rules regarding naturalized players by FIFA, Funes Mori was deemed eligible to play for the Mexico national team and restated his interest.[33]

Club statistics
As of 6 February 2021[34]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2009–10 Argentine Primera División 195—195
2010–11 254—254
2011–12 23452—286
2012–13 32700—327
2013–14 10—10
Total 1002052—10522
Benfica 2013–14 Primeira Liga 2010200050
Benfica B 2013–14 Liga Portugal 2 1213—1213
Eskişehirspor (loan) 2014–15 PTT 1. Lig 298763614
Monterrey 2015–16 Liga MX 362085—4425
2016–17 331567—204122
2017–18 321782—004019
2018–19 311652—724320
2019–20 301563—323920
2020–21 22900—00229
Total 184923319—124229115
Career Total 327133462720124387164

Honours

Club

River Plate

Benfica[35]

Monterrey

Individual

References
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  4. "Cómo los gemelos Funes Mori fueron descubiertos afuera de un estadio en EEUU y por qué no lograron quedarse en Chelsea" [How the Funes Mori twins were discovered outside a stadium in the US and why they couldn't stay at Chelsea]. ESPN (in Spanish). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. "Rogelio Funes Mori podría jugar en la selección de los Estados Unidos" [Funes Mori could play for US Soccer national team]. infobae.com. 19 February 2013.
  6. "Rogelio Funes Mori to Manchester United?". hastaelgolsiempre.com. 18 August 2010.
  7. "Sueño MLS Past Winners". mlssoccer.com.
  8. "Torneo Apertura 2009: round 17 scores and scorers". hastaelgolsiempre.com. 7 December 2009.
  9. "Torneo Apertura 2009: round 19 scores, scorers and Monday goal". hastaelgolsiempre.com. 15 December 2009.
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  11. "River Plate derrota o Boca Juniors e conquista Torneio de Mar del Plata" [River Plate beats Boca Juniors and wins Tournament Mal Del Plata]. globoesporte.globo.com. 21 January 2010.
  12. "Funes Mori desencanta e marca três no clássico contra o Racing" [Funes Mori scores three in the classic against Racing]. futebolportenho.com.br. 9 May 2010.
  13. "Clausura 2010: Round 19 Saturday goals". hastaelgolsiempre.com. 16 May 2010.
  14. "Highlights: Clausura 2011 Argentina – Fecha 1". southamerican-futbol.blogspot.pt. 15 February 2011.
  15. "Funes Mori faz gol nos acréscimos e River vence o Tigre por 1 a 0" [Funes Mori scores in overtime and River beat Tigre for 1–0]. futnet.com.br. 8 August 2010. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
  16. "River beat Independiente 3–2; Boca lose 2–0 against All Boys". www.buenosairesherald.com. 23 August 2010.
  17. "River Plate Coach Angel Cappa Laughs Off Criticism After Slim Victory Over Arsenal De Sarandi". goal.com. 13 September 2010.
  18. "Former Sueño MLS winner Rogelio Funes Mori continues his adventures through world soccer". mlssoccer.com. 10 August 2013.
  19. "Funes Mori Eskişehirspor'da". eskisehirspor.org (in Turkish). 9 July 2014.
  20. "Conoce a Rogelio Funes Mori" [Meet Rogelio Funes Mori] (in Spanish). C.F. Monterrey. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  21. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. "Rogelio Funes Mori firmó un 'hat-trick' y Monterrey venció a un León sin garra".
  23. Arnold, Jon (22 December 2017). "Monterrey wins Copa MX final thanks to Hurtado goal". Goal.com.
  24. "Mundial de Clubes: Rogelio Funes Mori mete su gol 100 con Rayados ante Liverpool". Medio Tiempo. 18 December 2019.
  25. Marshall, Tom (30 December 2019). "Monterrey defeat Club America on penalties to win Liga MX 2019 Apertura title". ESPN.
  26. "La Liga MX da a conocer el once ideal del Apertura 2019". Marca Claro México (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
  27. "¡TRI-PLE-TE! | Rayados consiguió triplete y ahora va por el campeonato del Guard1anes 2020". 90 Min (in Spanish). 5 November 2020.
  28. "Squad for South American Youth Championship announced". Mundo Albiceleste. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  29. "Gabriel Funes Mori – Leading Argentina's Under 20s From the Front". argentinafootballworld.com. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
  30. "Superclasico de las Americas 2012". football-lineups.com.
  31. "Rogelio Funes Mori acudiría a la FIFA para jugar con México".
  32. "Rogelio Funes Mori no puede jugar con Selección Mexicana".
  33. "Funes Mori ya podrá jugar para México por cambio en Reglas".
  34. "Soccerway". Soccerway.
  35. "Argentina - Rogelio Funes Mori - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". www.soccerway.com.


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