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'''Manuel José Luís Bucuane''' (born 16 August 1973 in Lourenço Marques (now [[Maputo]])), best known as '''Tico-Tico''', is a [[Mozambique|Mozambican]] [[Association football|football]] [[Striker (association football)|striker]] who plays for [[Grupo Desportivo de Maputo|Desportivo de Maputo]] in Mozambique.
'''Manuel José Luís Bucuane''' (born 16 August 1973 in Lourenço Marques (now [[Maputo]])), best known as '''Tico-Tico''', is a [[Mozambique|Mozambican]] [[Association football|football]] former football [[Striker (association football)|striker]] who last played for [[Grupo Desportivo de Maputo|Desportivo de Maputo]] in Mozambique.


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 12:06, 6 April 2016

Tico-Tico
Personal information
Full name Manuel José Luís Bucuane
Date of birth (1973-08-16) August 16, 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), 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
1995–2010 Mozambique 83 (27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2013 UTC

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

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 Federação Moçambicana de Futebol 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]

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)" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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