Ramiro Funes Mori
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramiro José Funes Mori | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Mendoza, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back / Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2007 | El Poli | ||
| 2008 | FC Dallas | ||
| 2008–2011 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011–2015 | River Plate | 75 | (7) |
| 2015– | Everton | 26 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Argentina | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2016. | |||
Ramiro José Funes Mori (born 5 March 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer, who plays as a defender for English club Everton and the Argentina national football team.
Early life
Funes Mori was born in Mendoza, Argentina. In 2001, he emigrated with his family from Argentina to United States.[1] His twin brother, Rogelio, is also a professional footballer who plays for Mexican club C.F. Monterrey.[2] The twins' father, Miguel, played professional football in Argentina with such clubs as Independiente Rivadavia and Club Atlético Argentino in the 1980s.[3] In 2008 Ramiro joined the FC Dallas youth team after winning an MLS talent competition but spent less than a year playing for the side before moving back to Argentina.[4]
Club career
River Plate
Funes Mori joined River Plate as a youth player, progressing to the senior team in 2011. He is considered a legend of the club because he won 6 professional titles (four of them international) including the 2015 Copa Libertadores (scoring in the final). As a player of River he also made his debut for the Argentinian National Team. He is remembered not only for his performances and titles, but also for scoring very important goals such as the third goal in the Copa Libertadores final and an agonic goal vs Boca Juniors.
Everton
On 1 September 2015, Funes Mori joined Premier League club Everton for a fee of £9.5 million.[5] He made his début, coming on as a substitute, 11 days later in a 3–1 home win against Chelsea.[6] Funes Mori scored his first goal for Everton in a 3–3 draw with Bournemouth in November 2015. In April 2016 he was sent off for stamping on the ankle of Divock Origi, in a 4-0 loss to Liverpool.[7]
International career
Funes Mori made his international debut for the Argentina national football team in an international friendly against El Salvador in March 2015.[8]
Personal life
Funes Mori is married to the sister of FC Dallas midfielder Mauro Díaz.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 April 2016[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2011–12 | Primera B Nacional | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| 2012–13 | Argentine Primera División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Argentine Primera División | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Argentine Primera División | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2015 | Argentine Primera División | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Total | 76 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | 106 | 10 | |||
| Everton | 2015–16 | Premier League | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 35 | 5 | |
| Career total | 102 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 141 | 15 | ||
Honours
- River Plate
- Argentina Primera Division: 2014
- Copa Campeonato: 2013–14
- Copa Sudamericana: 2014
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2015
- Copa Libertadores: 2015
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2015
References
- ↑ "Argentine's soccer move to Portugal could be a U.S. watershed". Yahoo Sports. 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "Funes Mori joins Benfica's Argentinian contingent". UEFA. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
The 22-year-old, who has spent his entire career at the Buenos Aires outfit and whose twin brother Ramiro still plays for River Plate
- ↑ "La historia de Gabriel Funes Mori y su papá". Diario Uno (in Spanish). 24 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Nick Dorrington (25 August 2015). "Ramiro Funes Mori will need time to shine for Everton in Premier League". ESPN FC. ESPN. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Blues Complete £9.5m Mori Deal | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ↑ Mandeep Sanghera (12 September 2015). "Everton 3–1 Chelsea". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/liverpool-fc-4-0-everton-11218330
- ↑ Ramiro Funes Mori at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Pablo Maurer (5 March 2015). "Hoping to stay fully healthy, soft-spoken FC Dallas playmaker Mauro Díaz readies for major role in 2015". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "RAMIRO FUNES MORI". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
External links
- Profile at BDFA
- Ramiro Funes Mori profile at Soccerway
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