Tico-Tico


Manuel José Luís Bucuane, best known as Tico-Tico, is a former Mozambican footballer. He played as a striker and 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.
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.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 July 1993Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya1–01–41994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 November 1994Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–12–11996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.25 June 1995Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique3–03–1Friendly
4.7 January 1996Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–01–0Friendly
5.16 January 1996EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa1–01–11996 Africa Cup of Nations
6.12 April 1997Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi1–02–21997 COSAFA Cup
7.15 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–03–01997 COSAFA Cup
8.15 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–03–01997 COSAFA Cup
9.22 June 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–02–21998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.13 July 1997Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius3–13–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.27 July 1997Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–12–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.11 January 1998Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo1–12–1Friendly
13.11 January 1998Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo2–12–1Friendly
14.20 January 1998Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana1–21–3Friendly
15.25 January 1998Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana1–12–11998 COSAFA Cup
16.11 April 1999Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–41–62000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
17.23 April 2000Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–02–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.23 April 2000Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–12–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.27 July 2003Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia2–12–42003 COSAFA Cup
20.18 April 2004Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–02–02004 COSAFA Cup
21.3 June 2007Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–13–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
22.3 June 2007Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique3–13–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
23.8 September 2007National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania1–01–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
24.21 May 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique2–22–3Friendly
25.22 June 2008Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.30 July 2008Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge, South Africa1–02–12008 COSAFA Cup
27.6 September 2009Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification