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Luís Roberto Alves

Luís Roberto Alves

Mexican footballer (born 1967)

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.

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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

Mexico

Individual

Career statistics

International goals

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References

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