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How old is Rogelio Funes Mori?

By Wilian Estrella

Rogelio Funes Mori arrived to 'Rayados de Monterrey' 7 years ago, he found a home and already has an important legacy.

Rogelio Funes Mori arrived to 'Rayados de Monterrey' 7 years ago, he found a home and already has an important legacy.

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Born in Mendoza, Argentina on March 5, 1991, Rogelio Funes Mori participated along with his twin brother Ramiro and two thousand other participants in a reality show called "Sueño MLS" (MLS Dream) in 2008. The winner had the right to participate in the Dallas FC youth team, which Rogelio won.

The Argentinean arrived at River Plate in February 2009 and made his debut in a match against Vélez Sarsfield in the 2009 Apertura Tournament.

Subsequently, Funes Mori emigrated to European soccer in August 2013, signing with Benfica of Portugal, where he stayed for one year, to later be loaned to Eskişehirspor for the 2014-15 Season.

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Did Funes Mori ever play for the Argentina national team?

At the national team level, Rogelio Funes Mori participated in the Argentine U18, U20 (where he participated in the 2011 South American U20 Championship in Peru) and the senior national team.

In June 2015, he arrived at Rayados at the request of coach Antonio Mohamed to reinforce the squad for the the 2015 Apertura Tournament.

How old is Funes Mori?

The Argentinean, now a naturalized Mexican citizen, is 31 years old. Funes Mori had a contract until June 30, 2022, however, Rayados offered him a new agreement to stay with the team until the summer of 2024.

It should be noted that this is not a renewal of the contract signed by the attacker, but a new contract, as it includes new clauses, figures and prizes.

Short history in Europe

In August 2013, after being removed from the River Plate squad by coach Ramón Díaz, Rogelio would begin a new adventure in Europe, specifically in Benfica, a team with which he only got to play five games in the 2013-14 season, before leaving for Eskişehirspor in Turkey.

He disappeared for a while from the international headlines, but Rogelio did not fare so badly in the Turkish team. During the 2014-15 campaign he played up to 36 matches, in which he scored a total of fourteen goals, between the Turkish Super League and the Turkish Cup.

Idol in Monterrey


After coming and going in world soccer, Rogelio Funes Mori seems to have found his place in the world. The Argentinian arrived at Monterrey as a reinforcement for the 2015 Apertura. In matchday 3 against Atlas, he would score his first goal and his first brace with the 'Rayados' in Liga MX.

Funes Mori would score the first official goal by a Monterrey player in the new BBVA Bancomer stadium. And, in his first season, Rogelio would be tied with André-Pierre Gignac in third place in the Apertura's individual scoring chart with 11 goals.

The following tournament, he played an important role in Monterrey's runner-up finish in the 2016 Clausura, scoring two goals in the play-off for the title, one of them against Tigres, in a new edition of the “Clásico Regio”, which his team would win this time by a score of 3-1. In the 2017 Apertura he scored 12 goals, 6 of them in the group stage where he obtained the runner-up position with Monterrey, after losing in the final against the ‘Felinos'.

In addition, he won the Copa MX in the 2017 Apertura edition after defeating Pachuca 1-0 at the BBVA Bancomer Stadium. From then until today, Rogelio Funes Mori has been winning the hearts and respect of all the fans of 'Rayados', to the point that at the beginning of 2019, he acknowledged his interest in being part of the Mexico national team currently led by the also Argentine Gerardo Martino.


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