Luís Roberto Alves

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alves dos Santos and the second or maternal family name is Gavranić.
Luís Roberto Alves
Alves in 2017
Personal information
Full name Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić
Date of birth (1967-05-23) 23 May 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1983–1985 Corinthians[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1996 América 373 (157)
1996–1997 Atlante 30 (17)
1997–1998 América 35 (5)
1998–1999 Atlante 42 (7)
2000–2003 Necaxa 104 (23)
Total 584 (209)
International career
1988–2001 Mexico 83 (23)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Runner-up Copa América 1993
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić (born 23 May 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best known as Zague, in honor to his father.

Zague spent most of his playing career with Club América, where he made over 400 appearances and scored 188 goals in all competitions, making him the club's all-time leading scorer.

On the international stage, Zague made 83 appearances and scored 23 goals. He represented Mexico at the FIFA World Cup in 1994.

Career

Born in Mexico, his father José Alves dos Santos was a Brazilian forward who played for Club América and his mother was a Croatian housewife. Zague spent his childhood in Brazil (where he was referred to as Zaguinho, Zague with the diminutive suffix "-inho" appended to signify him being his father's son) beginning his youth football career with Corinthians.[2] He returned to Mexico in 1985 and made his debut with the Mexican Club América a year later.

On 2 October 2003, his testimonial game was celebrated at the Estadio Azteca where America would defeat FC Barcelona 2–0.[3]

He was a physically strong and fast striker who was regarded as the best in his prime years for both América and Mexico. He was Hugo Sánchez's offense partner in the Mexican side who finished as runner-up in Copa América 1993, where he finished up as Mexico's top goalscorer of the tournament.

He was part of the Mexico squad for the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup in which Mexico won the trophy and was the tournament top scorer with 11 goals which is still a CONCACAF record. Seven of those goals were scored against Martinique.

He scored 23 goals in 83 caps for his country.

Since 2018, Zague is an analyst for TV Azteca, alongside Luis García and Jorge Campos.[4]

Honours

América

Mexico

Individual

Career statistics

International goals

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References

  1. ^ "Zague recuerda con cariño a Trinidad - ESPN Video". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  2. ^ "Zague recuerda con cariño a Trinidad - ESPN Video". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  3. ^ "Festejo completo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ "La 'bomba' invernal: Zague ficha por TV Azteca". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" - Goals in International Matches