At 30, Rogelio Funes Mori is one of the best foreign strikers to have come to Mexican football; is currently three goals away from tying Humberto Suazo like the maximum goleador in the history of the regal club with 121.
Funes Mori, no way today it celebrates its third decade of age, Arrived in the summer of 2015 at Monterrey in the midst of criticism of the board and the media, as he had a past of mockery in his home country, where he was not fortunate enough to be accurate on many occasions, to such an extent that even a song was made to mock him. if of his drive.
However, the twin he was going to prove his quality as a striker, he would leave behind these taunts he had to overcome with a psychologist to become an element of ‘fear’ for its rivals.
the Melli arrived from BenficaIt was bought in 2013 and a year later they lent it to the Eskisehirspor, where he scored 14 goals in 36 games, for that matter scratched he became interested in their services.
“I am just happy to be here Rogelio, We took it five years ago and we were very criticized, this is history, all these charges were not a reality. I hope you keep making history, bay is happy and dummy also because the records are for someone to beat, ”he said Antonio Mohamed when he was still a technician at the Monterrey.
“It’s a pride to come to this club and make history in a short time. I’m not satisfied, i want to keep doing important things and to represent this club that has given me important things, ”he said Funes Mori and Fox Sports.
While in an interview with La Nación de Argentina remembered what he lived in River Plate (He served in the military from 2009 to 2013), when the fans scoffed at his performance and revealed the part where he had to be with a psychologist.
“In River we went to see a Marcelo Roffé, Who had been a psychologist in the youth team, above all as far as I had to live, to be so criticized, so as not to collapse mentally. Ramiro he was also saddened by what was happening to me, and that hurt him a little. It helped a lot to go to the psychologist. “
“It was me who wanted to leave, I felt I needed a change of air. Ramón he was considering me, but at one point Rami and I were taken down from the preseason because a formal offer of Portugal. They put us both in the same bag, but my brother didn’t want to go, he wanted to renew with River. The truth is that I enjoyed sharing a few years with Rami in the nursery, but not as I would have liked because it was too much pressure, “he revealed. Rogelio.
Funes Mori lived his European adventure, however was in scratched where he exploited his quality as a striker, So that today at the age of 30 he can tell this bitter anecdote that he lived in Argentina as a thing of the past, but which has been surpassed at 100 per cent; for his little bit, he did it with goals, silencing those critics who never imagined the level he would get to show and the lucky one was the Monterrey and the MX League to have it in their ranks.