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.
Luis Roberto Alves
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Alves in 2017
Personal information
Full name Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić
Date of birth (1967-05-23) 23 May 1967 (age 54)
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)
National team
1988–2002 Mexico 84 (30)
Honours
Representing  Mexico
Runner-up Copa América 1993
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić (born 23 May 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. Alves is the seventh all-time leading scorer of the Mexico national team.

Career[]

Born to a Brazilian father and Croatian mother, Alves 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 October 2, 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 is the 7th highest Mexico national team goalscorer of all time with 30 goals in 84 appearances.

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 Postigo and Jorge Campos.[4]

Honours[]

América

Mexico

Individual

Career statistics[]

International goals[]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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

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