Background and career
Luis Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić (born 23 May 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best known as Zague, in honor to his father. Zague's legacy is most closely associated with Club América, where he made his professional debut and went on to win seven official titles. He remains the club's all-time leading scorer and ranks among the top ten all-time goalscorers in Mexico's top division. On the international stage, Zague made 83 appearances and scored 23 goals. He represented Mexico at the FIFA World Cup in 1994.
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 (where he was referred to as Zaguinho, Zague with the diminutive suffix "-inho" appended to signify him being his father's son) 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. On 2 October 2003, his testimonial game was celebrated at the Estadio Azteca where America would defeat FC Barcelona 2–0. 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 offense 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 in a single game. He scored 23 goals in 83 caps for his country. Since 2018, Zague is an analyst for TV Azteca, alongside Luis García and Jorge Campos.
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zague goal.
Mexican Primera División: 1987–88, 1988–89 Campeón de Campeones: 1988, 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1987, 1990, 1992 Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Boot: 1993 Records
Club América All Time Leading Goalscorer
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
