Rodrigo Nicanor Mora Núñez (born 29 October 1987) is a former Uruguayan professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Club career
Born in
Rivera
Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of aro ...
, Mora started his professional career with modest
Juventud de Las Piedras
Club Atlético Juventud is a sports club from Las Piedras, Canelones in Uruguay. CA Juventud won promotion to the Primera División Uruguaya to start in August 2007.
History
The club was born from a group of youths from Las Piedras, Uruguay ...
. In 2008, aged 20, he signed for
top division outfit
Defensor Sporting
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievemen ...
.
After a relatively successful
first season, helping ''La Farola'' finish third in the
Apertura
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and win the Clausura, he found himself on
the bench more often than not in the following, and subsequently left for fellow league outfit
Cerro. At his new team he scored nine goals in
2009–10, and a further five in
the campaign's
Copa Libertadores
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, four of them in the qualifying rounds against teams in his country.
He was purchased back for the
2010–11 season, and finished the Apertura tournament with 11 goals – second-best in the competition behind
Nacional
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's
Santiago García – as his team ranked in top position. In January 2011 he signed for
Benfica on a
free transfer, effective as of July.
He was officially presented by the
Portuguese
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club on 1 July, alongside
Nolito
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. He played his first official game on 14 October in a
Portuguese Cup
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game against
Portimonense
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, replacing
Rodrigo
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in the 78th minute of a
2–0 away win.
In January 2012, after failing to establish himself at Benfica, he joined
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
on a six-month loan. He signed on loan for
River Plate in August, with the option of making the move permanent after a year. In July 2013, he signed with River Plate, in exchange for
Rogelio Funes Mori
Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori (born 5 March 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Monterrey. Born in Argentina, he represents the Mexico national team.
He began his career at River Plate before transferring ...
. After a brief stint on loan in
Club Universidad de Chile
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, he returned to the team mid-2014 on request of new manager
Marcelo Gallardo
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, and was an integral part of the team that won the
2014 Copa Sudamericana
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, the
2015 Recopa Sudamericana and the
2015 Copa Libertadores
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.
As of 2017 Mora has been ridden unable to play any football due to a necrosis.
Honours
;River Plate
*
Copa Sudamericana
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:
2014
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Recopa Sudamericana
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:
2015
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2016
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Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
:
2015
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,
2018
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Suruga Bank Championship
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The tournament was previously officially called the ...
:
2015
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Copa Argentina
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:
2016
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Supercopa Argentina
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:
2017
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References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
People from Rivera Department
Uruguayan footballers
Uruguayan expatriate footballers
Association football forwards
Juventud de Las Piedras players
Defensor Sporting players
C.A. Cerro players
Peñarol players
Universidad de Chile footballers
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
S.L. Benfica footballers
Uruguayan Primera División players
Primeira Liga players
Chilean Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Argentina