Alves in 2017
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| 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
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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.
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]
América
Mexico
Individual
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 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 |
Mexico squads
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CONCACAF Gold Cup awards
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