Luís Roberto Alves

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 dos Santos Gavranić (born 23 May 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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	84	(30)
Medal record Representing  Mexico Runner-up Copa América 1993
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is best known in Mexico as Zague, in honor to his father who was called the same and also played as a forward for Club América. Zague is the all-time top scorer for Club América.

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 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 strike 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 30 goals in 84 caps for his country.

In the Primera División de México he is the 7th highest goalscorer with 209 goals.

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

Honours

América

• Mexican Primera División: 1987–88, 1988–89
• Campeón de Campeones: 1988, 1989
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1987, 1990, 1992
• Copa Interamericana: 1990

Mexico

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1993

Individual

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Boot: 1993
• Club América All Time Leading Goalscorer

Career statistics

International goals

^[5]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 29, 1988	Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico	El Salvador	2–0	8–0	Friendly
2.				4–0
3.	January 21, 1989	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico	Poland	1–0	3–1	Friendly
4.	January 17, 1990	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Argentina	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5.	March 14, 1991	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Canada	1–0	3–0	1991 North American Nations Cup
6.				2–0
7.	June 28, 1991	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Jamaica	2–1	4–1	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
8.	November 8, 1992	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–0	4–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	December 6, 1992	Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6–0	11–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	June 10, 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Paraguay	3–0	3–1	Friendly
11.	June 16, 1993	Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala, Ecuador	Colombia	1–1	1–2	1993 Copa América
12.	June 27, 1993	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador	Peru	2–0	4–2	1993 Copa América
13.	July 11, 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Martinique	1–0	9–0	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
14.				2–0
15.				3–0
16.				5–0
17.				6–0
18.				7–0
19.				8–0
20.	July 18, 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Canada	4–0	8–0	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
21.				5–0
22.	July 22, 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Jamaica	5–1	6–1	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
23.	July 25, 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	United States	3–0	4–0	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
24.	October 16, 1996	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Jamaica	1–0	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
25.	October 30, 1996	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–0	5–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.	November 6, 1996	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Honduras	3–0	3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
27.	January 19, 1997	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States	United States	1–0	2–0	1997 U.S. Cup
28.	March 2, 1997	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Canada	4–0	4–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.	October 5, 1997	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	El Salvador	4–0	5–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
30.	October 31, 2001	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico	El Salvador	3–0	4–1	Friendly

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

External links

• International statistics at RSSSF.
• Luís Roberto Alves at National-Football-Teams.com