Tico-Tico

Manuel José Luís Bucuane (born 16 August 1973 in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)), best known as Tico-Tico, is a former Mozambican footballer. He played as a striker and last played for Desportivo de Maputo in Mozambique.

This article is about the footballer. For the song, see Tico-Tico no Fubá.
Tico-Tico
Personal information
Full name Manuel José Luís Bucuane
Date of birth (1973-08-16) 16 August 1973
Place of birth Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club 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)
National team
1995–2010 Mozambique 83 (27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 July 2013 UTC

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 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.

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 1993Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya1–01–41994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 November 1994Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Guinea2–12–11996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.25 June 1995Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique Zimbabwe3–03–1Friendly
4.7 January 1996Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Algeria1–01–0Friendly
5.16 January 1996EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Tunisia1–01–11996 Africa Cup of Nations
6.12 April 1997Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi1–02–21997 COSAFA Cup
7.15 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Tanzania1–03–01997 COSAFA Cup
8.2–0
9.22 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Zambia1–02–21998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.13 July 1997Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius Mauritius3–13–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.27 July 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Malawi2–12–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.11 January 1998Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo Togo1–12–1Friendly
13.2–1
14.20 January 1998Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Ghana1–21–3Friendly
15.25 January 1998Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana Botswana1–12–11998 COSAFA Cup
16.11 April 1999Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Cameroon1–41–62000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
17.23 April 2000Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Sudan1–02–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.2–1
19.27 July 2003Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Zambia2–12–42003 COSAFA Cup
20.18 April 2004Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Madagascar1–02–02004 COSAFA Cup
21.3 June 2007Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Burkina Faso2–13–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
22.3–1
23.8 September 2007National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania1–01–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
24.21 May 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Lesotho2–22–3Friendly
25.22 June 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Madagascar1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.30 July 2008Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge, South Africa Madagascar1–02–12008 COSAFA Cup
27.6 September 2009Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Kenya1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. Page, Rodney (June 8, 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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