Luís Roberto Alves
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1967 | ||||||||||
| 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
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| *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 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
Individual
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Boot: 1993
- Club América All Time Leading Goalscorer
Career statistics
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | March 29, 1988 | Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | 2–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 4–0 | |||||
| 3. | January 21, 1989 | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | January 17, 1990 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | March 14, 1991 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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 | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 8. | November 8, 1992 | Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent | File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9. | December 6, 1992 | Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10. | June 10, 1993 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay | 3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 11. | June 16, 1993 | Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala, Ecuador | File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1993 Copa América |
| 12. | June 27, 1993 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador | File:Flag of Peru (state).svg Peru | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1993 Copa América |
| 13. | July 11, 1993 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Snake Flag of Martinique.svg 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 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4–0 | 8–0 | 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 21. | 5–0 | |||||
| 22. | July 22, 1993 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 5–1 | 6–1 | 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 23. | July 25, 1993 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 24. | October 16, 1996 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 25. | October 30, 1996 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 26. | November 6, 1996 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 27. | January 19, 1997 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1997 U.S. Cup |
| 28. | March 2, 1997 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 29. | October 5, 1997 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 30. | October 31, 2001 | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | 3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
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References
- ↑ "Zague recuerda con cariño a Trinidad - ESPN Video". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ↑ "Zague recuerda con cariño a Trinidad - ESPN Video". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ↑ "Festejo completo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "La 'bomba' invernal: Zague ficha por TV Azteca". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" - Goals in International Matches
External links
- International statistics at RSSSF.
- Luís Roberto Alves at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Mexican people of Brazilian descent
- Mexican people of Croatian descent
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Men's association football forwards
- Mexico men's international footballers
- Club América footballers
- Atlante F.C. footballers
- Club Necaxa footballers
- Liga MX players
- 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1995 King Fahd Cup players
- 1995 Copa América players
- CONCACAF Gold Cup–winning players
- Mexican men's footballers
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen