Semir Tuce

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| name = Semir Tuce

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|2|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia

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| position = Left winger

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 1981–1989

| clubs1 = Velež Mostar

| caps1 = 173

| goals1 = 55

| years2 = 1989–1995

| clubs2 = Luzern

| caps2 = 116

| goals2 = 28

| totalcaps = 289

| totalgoals = 83

| nationalyears1 = 1982–1985

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1986–1989

| nationalteam2 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps2 = 7

| nationalgoals2 = 2

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Semir Tuce (born 11 February 1964) is a Bosnian retired footballer, who played as left winger.

He was part of the Velež Mostar second golden era, which won the 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup.

Club career

=Velež Mostar=

Tuce was born in Mostar and started to play professionally for FK Velež Mostar in 1983, and became one of their best players. He would shoot with his left foot, and was noted in the Yugoslav First League. During his career in Velež, he played 177 league games and scored 55 goals. In 1986, he won the Yugoslav Cup with Velež. The same year, in 1986, he was named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year.

=Luzern=

In 1989, he moved to Switzerland to play for FC Luzern.{{cite web |url=http://justcantbeatthat.com/2011/top-ten-fcl-legends-part-i/ |title=» Top Ten FCL Legends – Part I |accessdate=2011-05-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320085540/http://justcantbeatthat.com/2011/top-ten-fcl-legends-part-i/ |archivedate=2011-03-20 }} He played in Switzerland for 5 years. He won the Swiss Cup with the club in 1992.[https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/fcluzern/dank-adi-koch-kam-der-cupsieg-des-fc-luzern-1992-auch-nach-rothenburg-ld.1215857 Dank Adi Koch kam der Cupsieg des FC Luzern 1992 auch nach Rothenburg] - Luzerner Zeitung {{in lang|de}} He ended his career at Luzern in 1995.

International career

Tuce made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1986 European Championship qualification match against Turkey and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an April 1989 friendly match against Greece.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21416|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=2021-05-30}}

= International goals =

:''Scores and results table. Yugoslavia's goal tally first:

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#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1 \| 25 March 1987 \| Gradski-Stadion, Banja Luka, Yugoslavia \| {{fb\|Austria}} \| 3–0 \| 4–0 \| rowspan = "2" \| Friendly
2 \| 5 April 1989 \| Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece \| {{fb\|Greece}} \| 2–1 \| 4–1

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Date

Venue

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

| 25 March 1987

| Gradski-Stadion, Banja Luka, Yugoslavia

| {{fb|Austria}}

| 3–0

| 4–0

| rowspan = "2" | Friendly

| 5 April 1989

| Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece

| {{fb|Greece}}

| 2–1

| 4–1

Personal life

On the 22 of April 2021 Tuce experienced a heart attack in his hometown Kriens, in Switzerland.[https://www.nau.ch/sport/fussball/fc-luzern-club-legende-semir-tuce-57-erleidet-herzinfarkt-65912631 FC Luzern: Club-Legende Semir Tuce (57) erleidet Herzinfarkt] - Nau.ch {{in lang|de}}