Tico-Tico

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tico-Tico

| image =

| fullname = Manuel José Luís Bucuane

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1992–1994

| clubs1 = Desportivo de Maputo

| caps1 = 63

| goals1 = 35

| years2 = 1994–1997

| clubs2 = Estrela da Amadora

| caps2 = 28

| goals2 = 11

| years3 = 1997–2000

| clubs3 = Jomo Cosmos

| caps3 = 91

| goals3 = 44

| years4 = 2000

| clubs4 = Tampa Bay Mutiny

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2000–2004

| clubs5 = Jomo Cosmos

| caps5 = 104

| goals5 = 32

| years6 = 2004–2006

| clubs6 = Supersport United

| caps6 = 40

| goals6 = 8

| years7 = 2006–2008

| clubs7 = Orlando Pirates

| caps7 = 21

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2008

| clubs8 = Maritzburg United

| caps8 = 8

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2008–2010

| clubs9 = Jomo Cosmos

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2010–2011

| clubs10 = Desportivo de Maputo

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| totalcaps = 387

| totalgoals = 139

| nationalyears1 = 1992–2010

| nationalteam1 = Mozambique

| nationalcaps1 = 94

| nationalgoals1 = 30

| medaltemplates =

| pcupdate = 29 July 2013 UTC

| ntupdate =

}}

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.{{cite web|publisher=St. Petersburg Times|title=Mutiny signs South African Bucuane|author=Page, Rodney|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/54940672.html?dids=54940672:54940672&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+08%2C+2000&author=RODNEY+PAGE&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mutiny+signs+South+African+Bucuane+Series%3A+SOCCER&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201084523/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/54940672.html?dids=54940672:54940672&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+08,+2000&author=RODNEY+PAGE&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mutiny+signs+South+African+Bucuane+Series:+SOCCER&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2013|date=June 8, 2000}}

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.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url= http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=351220 | title= Tico-Tico arrecada mais de 13 mil euros para a sua academia (com fotos) |trans-title=Tico-Tico sold for more than 13 thousand euros for his academy) |publisher= A Bola | language= Portuguese | date= 6 September 2012 | accessdate= 7 October 2012 }}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4520/Tico_Tico_Bucuane.html|title=Bucuane, Tico-Tico|website=National Football Teams|access-date=1 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ticotico-intlg.html|title=Manuel José Luís Bucuane "Tico-Tico" - Goals in International Matches|website=RSSSF|access-date=1 May 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	30 August 1992	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|LES}}	align=center \| ?–0	align=center \| 3–0	1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
2.	11 July 1993	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho	{{fb\|LES}}	align=center \| ?–?	align=center \| 1–1	1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
3.	25 July 1993	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	{{fb\|KEN}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–4	1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
4.	13 November 1994	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|GUI}}	align=center \| 2–1	align=center \| 2–1	1996 African Cup of Nations qualification
5.	25 June 1995	Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique	{{fb\|ZIM}}	align=center \| 3–0	align=center \| 3–1	Friendly
6.	7 January 1996	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|ALG}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–0	Friendly
7.	16 January 1996	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	{{fb\|TUN}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–1	1996 African Cup of Nations
8.	12 April 1997	Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi	{{fb\|MAW}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–2	1997 COSAFA Cup
9.	rowspan="2" \| 15 June 1997	rowspan="2" \| Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	rowspan="2" \| {{fb\|TAN}}	align=center \| 1–0	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	rowspan="2" \| 1997 COSAFA Cup
10.	align=center \| 2–0
11.	22 June 1997	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|ZAM}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–2	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
12.	13 July 1997	Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius	{{fb\|MRI}}	align=center \| 3–1	align=center \| 3–1	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.	27 July 1997	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|MAW}}	align=center \| 2–1	align=center \| 2–1	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
14.	rowspan="2" \| 11 January 1998	rowspan="2" \| Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo	rowspan="2" \| {{fb\|TOG}}	align=center \| 1–1	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	rowspan="2" \| Friendly
15.	align=center \| 2–1
16.	20 January 1998	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	{{fb\|GHA}}	align=center \| 1–2	align=center \| 1–3	Friendly
17.	25 January 1998	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	{{fb\|BOT}}	align=center \| 1–1	align=center \| 2–1	1998 COSAFA Cup
18.	4 October 1998	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|ERI}}	align=center \| 3–0	align=center \| 3–1	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
19.	11 April 1999	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|CMR}}	align=center \| 1–4	align=center \| 1–6	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
20.	rowspan="2" \| 23 April 2000	rowspan="2" \| Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	rowspan="2" \| {{fb\|SUD}}	align=center \| 1–0	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	rowspan="2" \| 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.	align=center \| 2–1
22.	27 July 2003	Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia	{{fb\|ZAM}}	align=center \| 2–1	align=center \| 2–4	2003 COSAFA Cup
23.	18 April 2004	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|MAD}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–0	2004 COSAFA Cup
24.	rowspan="2" \| 3 June 2007	rowspan="2" \| Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	rowspan="2" \| {{fb\|BFA}}	align=center \| 2–1	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| 3–1	rowspan="2" \| 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
25.	align=center \| 3–1
26.	8 September 2007	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	{{fb\|TAN}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
27.	21 May 2008	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|LES}}	align=center \| 2–2	align=center \| 2–3	Friendly
28.	22 June 2008	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|MAD}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.	30 July 2008	Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge, South Africa	{{fb\|MAD}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–1	2008 COSAFA Cup
30.	6 September 2009	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	{{fb\|KEN}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

External links

{{FIFA player|3876}}
{{NFT player|pid=4520}}
[http://opais.sapo.mz/ticotico-o-mais-internacional-continua-na-1-linha Tico-Tico: The most international continues on the first line]

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