Ramiro Funes Mori

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Funes and the second or maternal family name is Mori.
Ramiro Funes Mori
Personal information
Full name Ramiro José Funes Mori
Date of birth (1991-03-05) 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
2008 FC Dallas
2008–2011 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 River Plate 75 (7)
2015– Everton 35 (4)
National team‡
2015– Argentina 18 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:38, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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 team.

Early life

Funes Mori was born in Mendoza, Argentina. In 2001, he emigrated with his family from Argentina to the United States.[1] His twin brother, Rogelio Funes Mori, is also a footballer and plays for Liga MX club Monterrey as a striker.[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 his brother won the Sueño 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 Argentina 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 iconic 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] He scored his first goal for Everton in a 3–3 draw with Bournemouth in November 2015. In his first season with the club, he received significant playing time at centre back due to injuries and lack of form for expected starting pair of Phil Jagielka and John Stones. On April 2016 Ramiro was sent off for stamping on the ankle of Divock Origi, in a 4-0 loss to Liverpool.[7] As a result, he was suspended for three games.[8]

International career

Funes Mori made his international debut for the Argentina national football team in an international friendly against El Salvador in March 2015.[9]

He was selected for his national squad at the Copa América Centenario and was part of Argentine side that ran to the final. He played in the final against Chile for the full 120-minutes, which Chile won 4–2 on penalties. He was not selected to be one of the first four penalty takers.

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 October 2016 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Peru
1–0
2–2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Funes Mori is married to the sister of FC Dallas midfielder Mauro Díaz.[10] His twin brother Rogelio Funes Mori is also a footballer who plays in Monterrey as a striker.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2016[11]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2011–12 Primera B Nacional 19220—00212
2012–13 Argentine Primera División 10000—00100
2013–14 Argentine Primera División 19120—10221
2014 Argentine Primera División 17211—101284
2015 Argentine Primera División 11200—141253
Total 76751—25210610
Everton 2015–16 Premier League 2844051—375
2016–17 Premier League 700020—90
Total 3544071—465
Career total 11111917125215215

International

As of match played 15 November 2016[12]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 2015 5 0
2016 13 1
Total181

Honours

River Plate

References

  1. ↑ "Argentine's soccer move to Portugal could be a U.S. watershed". Yahoo Sports. 23 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ "La historia de Gabriel Funes Mori y su papá". Diario Uno (in Spanish). 24 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Blues Complete £9.5m Mori Deal | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  6. ↑ Mandeep Sanghera (12 September 2015). "Everton 3–1 Chelsea". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Pearce, James (20 April 2016). "Liverpool FC 4-0 Everton". The Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Funes Mori to be fined for red card tackle that left Origi on crutches". Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  9. ↑ Ramiro Funes Mori at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "RAMIRO FUNES MORI". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Funes Mori, Ramiro". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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