Rogelio Funes Mori

Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori (born 5 March 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Monterrey. Born in Argentina, he represents the Mexico national team.

He began his career at River Plate before transferring to Benfica, after a brief stint in Turkey he signed with Liga MX club Monterrey in the summer of 2015 and quickly established himself as one of the league's best strikers, winning the league title, two domestic cups and the CONCACAF Champions League and passing Humberto Suazo to become the club's all-time top scorer in all competitions.

His identical twin brother Jose Ramiro is also a footballer who played as a defender for Premier League club Everton and La Liga outfit Villarreal and for the Argentina national team.

Club Career

River Plate

Funes Mori began his professional career with River Plate in the Argentine Primera Division on 6 December 2009, on a 1–3 defeat against Velez Sarsfield. 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.

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 Desafio.

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. In the last game of the tournament, the forward scored River's only goal in a 1–5 loss to Tigre at home.

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. 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. The forward scored his fo

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