Tico-Tico

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Tico-Tico
Personal information
Full name Manuel José Luís Bucuane
Date of birth (1973-08-16) 16 August 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Desportivo de Maputo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1994 Desportivo de Maputo 63 (35)
1994–1997 Estrela da Amadora 28 (11)
1997–2000 Jomo Cosmos 91 (44)
2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny 18 (4)
2000–2004 Jomo Cosmos 104 (32)
2004–2006 Supersport United 40 (8)
2006–2008 Orlando Pirates 21 (4)
2008 Maritzburg United 8 (0)
2008–2010 Jomo Cosmos 14 (1)
2010–2011 Desportivo de Maputo
Total387(139)
International career
1992–2010 Mozambique 94 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2013 UTC

Manuel José Luís Bucuane (born 16 August 1973), better known professionally as Tico-Tico, is a former Mozambican footballer who played as a striker. In his career, Tico-Tico played primarily for Desportivo de Maputo in Mozambique and Jomo Cosmos in South Africa.

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Career

In June 2000, Tico-Tico was signed by the Tampa Bay Mutiny after playing for Jomo Cosmos. [1]

Tico-Tico is his country's 2nd most capped player and record goal scorer. He is also the PSL's leading scorer of all-time with 108 goals. As an international footballer he represented his country at the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations, 1998 African Nations Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[ citation needed ]

In September 2012, he was honored by the Mozambican Football Federation for his long international career. He would go on to play in a charity match in his honor where his Mozambican national side kit and football boots were sold to raise money for charitable causes. [2]

International goals

Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first. [3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 July 1993 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1–01–4 1994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 November 1994 Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–12–1 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.25 June 1995 Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, MozambiqueFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3–03–1 Friendly
4.7 January 1996Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–01–0Friendly
5.16 January 1996 EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–01–1 1996 Africa Cup of Nations
6.12 April 1997 Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1–02–2 1997 COSAFA Cup
7.15 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–03–01997 COSAFA Cup
8.2–0
9.22 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1–02–2 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.13 July 1997 Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 3–13–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.27 July 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2–12–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.11 January 1998 Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 1–12–1Friendly
13.2–1
14.20 January 1998 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–21–3Friendly
15.25 January 1998 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1–12–1 1998 COSAFA Cup
16.11 April 1999Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–41–6 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
17.23 April 2000Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1–02–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.2–1
19.27 July 2003 Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2–12–4 2003 COSAFA Cup
20.18 April 2004Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–02–0 2004 COSAFA Cup
21.3 June 2007Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 2–13–1 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
22.3–1
23.8 September 2007 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–01–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
24.21 May 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 2–22–3Friendly
25.22 June 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–03–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.30 July 2008 Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge, South AfricaFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–02–1 2008 COSAFA Cup
27.6 September 2009Estádio da Machava, Maputo, MozambiqueFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1–01–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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References

  1. ↑ Page, Rodney (8 June 2000). "Mutiny signs South African Bucuane". St. Petersburg Times.
  2. ↑ "Tico-Tico arrecada mais de 13 mil euros para a sua academia (com fotos)" [Tico-Tico sold for more than 13 thousand euros for his academy)] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Bucuane, Tico-Tico". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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