Jump to content

Luís Roberto Alves

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jmg38 (talk | contribs) at 00:07, 9 July 2020 (Jmg38 moved page Luis Roberto Alves to Luís Roberto Alves: diacritics). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Template:Spanish name 2

Luis Roberto Alves
Zague in 2017.
Personal information
Full name Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić
Date of birth (1967-05-23) May 23, 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
1988–2002 Mexico 84 (30)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Runner-up Copa América 1993
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić (born May 23, 1967), also known as Zaguinho and Zague, is a former Mexican footballer. He is the son of José Alves, the original "Zague".

Career

Born to 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 6th highest Mexico goalscorer of all time with 30 goals and 11th in the appearance records with 84 caps.

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

Club

América

International

Mexico

Individual

International goals

[5]

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
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luís_Roberto_Alves&oldid=966750985"