Tico-Tico
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel José Luís Bucuane | ||
Date of birth | (1973-08-16) 16 August 1973 (age 51) | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | ||
Total | 387 | (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.
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]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 25 July 1993 | Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 13 November 1994 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3. | 25 June 1995 | Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
4. | 7 January 1996 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
5. | 16 January 1996 | EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1996 Africa Cup of Nations |
6. | 12 April 1997 | Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1997 COSAFA Cup |
7. | 15 June 1997 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1997 COSAFA Cup |
8. | 2–0 | |||||
9. | 22 June 1997 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
10. | 13 July 1997 | Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
11. | 27 July 1997 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
12. | 11 January 1998 | Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
13. | 2–1 | |||||
14. | 20 January 1998 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
15. | 25 January 1998 | Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1998 COSAFA Cup |
16. | 11 April 1999 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–4 | 1–6 | 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
17. | 23 April 2000 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
18. | 2–1 | |||||
19. | 27 July 2003 | Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2003 COSAFA Cup |
20. | 18 April 2004 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2004 COSAFA Cup |
21. | 3 June 2007 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
22. | 3–1 | |||||
23. | 8 September 2007 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
24. | 21 May 2008 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |
25. | 22 June 2008 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
26. | 30 July 2008 | Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge, South Africa | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2008 COSAFA Cup |
27. | 6 September 2009 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ Page, Rodney (8 June 2000). "Mutiny signs South African Bucuane". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bucuane, Tico-Tico". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
External links
- Tico-Tico – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Tico-Tico at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tico-Tico: The most international continues on the first line