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We saw him linking up well, so we are happy and calm about his goal,” concluded Martino. The Funes Mori brothers were born in the province of Mendoza. “Tonight, he did it in his first match after just getting to know his teammates. “He is a footballer that plays the center forward position and we see in Monterrey that he participates a lot in offensive plays, so not only is he is a number nine who scores goals, but he participates a lot,” said Martino in his post-match press conference.

Now as a member of the Mexican National Team, Funes Mori could be the key ingredient for Head Coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino’s quest to win a second straight Gold Cup title.

They left home with their parents when they were nine. They started playing football at four, at Godoy Cruz. The 30-year-old joined Liga MX side Monterrey in 2015 and has appeared in 12 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League matches for Rayados in that period, including scoring two goals in seven appearances in helping Monterrey win the title in the 2019 edition. Ramiro and Rogelio Funes Mori are identical twins born in Mendoza, Argentina. While there has been plenty of talk as to whom will be able to fill the large scoring boots of Jimenez, Funes Mori has come on the scene and is poised to supply Mexico with plenty of goal-scoring fireworks during the Gold Cup.Įxcelling in Concacaf competition would be nothing new for Funes Mori. The 30-year-old Jimenez, who was Mexico’s leading scorer in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup with five goals, will miss the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup due to injury. The emergence of Funes Mori has taken on a greater importance of late with the absence of talismanic striker Raul Jimenez. After a youth career that included a time in the United States, Funes Mori came along with his twin brother, Ramiro Funes Mori through River Plate in his native Argentina. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name. This page lists people with the surname Funes Mori. The Argentina-born striker wore the Mexico jersey for the first time in Saturday’s friendly versus Nigeria in Los Angeles, California, in which Funes Mori opened the scoring in the fourth minute of play by stabbing home a cross as part of Mexico’s 4-0 victory. Notable people with the surname include: Rogelio Funes Mori (born 1991), Argentine-born footballer who plays for Mexico. MIAMI, Florida – He has played just one match thus far with the Mexican National Team, but there is already a spark to the El Tricolor attack when FW Rogelio Funes Mori is on the field.