Rodrigo Nicanor Mora Núñez (born 29 October 1987) is a former Uruguayan professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in Rivera, Mora started his professional career with modest Juventud de Las Piedras. In 2008, aged 20, he signed for top division outfit

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. After a relatively successful first season, helping ''La Farola'' finish third in the Apertura 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

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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

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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 club on 1 July, alongside

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. He played his first official game on 14 October in a

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game against Portimonense, replacing Rodrigo in the 78th minute of a 2–0 away win. In January 2012, after failing to establish himself at Benfica, he joined Peñarol 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. After a brief stint on loan in Club Universidad de Chile, he returned to the team mid-2014 on request of new manager

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, and was an integral part of the team that won the

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, the

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and the

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. As of 2017 Mora has been ridden unable to play any football due to a necrosis. In 2023 Mora appeared on The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío.

Honours

;River Plate *

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* Copa Argentina:

* Supercopa Argentina:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mora, Rodrigo 1987 births Living people People from Rivera Department Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Juventud de Las Piedras players Defensor Sporting players C.A. Cerro players Peñarol players Club Universidad de Chile footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Copa Sudamericana-winning players Copa Libertadores-winning players S.L. Benfica footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Primeira Liga players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Participants in American reality television series