Tico-Tico


Manuel José Luís Bucuane, 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.
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.
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.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 August 1992Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique?–03–01994 [African Cup of Nations qualification]
2.11 July 1993Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho?–?1–11994 African Cup of Nations qualification
3.25 July 1993Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya1–01–41994 African Cup of Nations qualification
4.13 November 1994Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–12–11996 African Cup of Nations qualification
5.25 June 1995Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique3–03–1Friendly
6.7 January 1996Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–01–0Friendly
7.16 January 1996EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa1–01–11996 African Cup of Nations
8.12 April 1997Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi1–02–21997 COSAFA Cup
9.15 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–03–01997 COSAFA Cup
10.15 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–03–01997 COSAFA Cup
11.22 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–02–21998 African Cup of Nations qualification
12.13 July 1997Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius3–13–11998 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.27 July 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–12–11998 African Cup of Nations qualification
14.11 January 1998Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo1–12–1Friendly
15.11 January 1998Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo2–12–1Friendly
16.20 January 1998Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana1–21–3Friendly
17.25 January 1998Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana1–12–11998 COSAFA Cup
18.4 October 1998Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique3–03–12000 African Cup of Nations qualification
19.11 April 1999Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–41–62000 African Cup of Nations qualification
20.23 April 2000Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–02–12002 [FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]
21.23 April 2000Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–12–12002 FIFA [World Cup qualification – CAF first round|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]
22.27 July 2003Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia2–12–42003 COSAFA Cup
23.18 April 2004Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–02–02004 COSAFA Cup
24.3 June 2007Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–13–12008 [Africa Cup of Nations qualification]
25.3 June 2007Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique3–13–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
26.8 September 2007National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania1–01–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
27.21 May 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–22–3Friendly
28.22 June 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.30 July 2008Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge, South Africa1–02–12008 COSAFA Cup
30.6 September 2009Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification