Name Luis Alves Parents Jose Alves Years Team Role Footballer | 1985–1996 America Height 1.93 m Movies Seleccion Canina 1996–1997 Atlante Spouse Paola Rojas (m. 2009) | |
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Full name Luis Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranic Date of birth (1967-05-23) May 23, 1967 (age 48) Similar People Alberto Garcia Aspe, Paola Rojas, Jose Alves, Angel Cabrera, Cristobal Ortega | ||
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Luis roberto alves zague goles con am rica
Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranic (born May 23, 1967 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) also known as Zague or Zaguinho is a former Mexican footballer. He is the son of José Alves "Zague". He is currently a pundit for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico show Fútbol Picante.
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- Luis roberto alves zague goles con am rica
- Los mejores goles de luis roberto alves zague
- Career
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Los mejores goles de luis roberto alves zague
Career
Born to Brazilian parents, He spent his childhood in Brazil beginning his youth football career with Corinthians. He returned to Mexico in 1985 and made his debut with the Mexican club América a year later. He immediately gained popularity within the team and became América holding the current record for most goals scored with America.
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 runners-up in Copa América 1993, where he finished up as Mexico's top goalscorer of the tournament.
He was part of 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. He is married to Mexican news anchorwoman, Paola Rojas.