Rogelio Funes Mori
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Mendoza, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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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 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Benfica B | 12 | (13) |
| 2014–2015 | → Eskişehirspor (loan) | 29 | (8) |
| 2015– | Monterrey | 55 | (32) |
| 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 19 March 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 September 2012 |
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Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori (born 5 March 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Monterrey as a striker.
Nicknamed Mellizo (Twin), his twin brother, Ramiro Funes Mori, is also a footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Everton and for Argentina.
Funes Mori was born in Mendoza, Argentina. In 2001, he moved to Workman Junior High and Arlington High School, playing football with his twin brother, Ramiro. The twins' father, Miguel, played professional football in Argentina with such clubs as Independiente Rivadavia and Club Atlético Argentino in the 1980s. 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.
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. He participated in Sueño MLS and won the contest, therefore becoming part of FC Dallas.
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. 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.
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