Tico-Tico
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Career & Clubs
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 (where he scored Mozambique's first ever goal at an AFCON), 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
Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.
- Club
- SuperSport United F.C. (2004–2006)
- Club
- Jomo Cosmos F.C. (1997–2000)
- Club
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora (1994–1997)
- Club
- Tampa Bay Mutiny (2000–2000)
- Club
- Maritzburg United F.C. (2008–2008)
- Club
- Grupo Desportivo de Maputo (1992–1994)
- Club
- Orlando Pirates F.C. (2006–2008)
- Club
- Jomo Cosmos F.C. (2000–2004)
- Club
- Jomo Cosmos F.C. (2008–2010)
- Club
- Grupo Desportivo de Maputo (2010–2011)
- Club
- Mozambique men's national football team (1995–2010)
- League
- Major League Soccer
- National team
- Mozambique
Clubs
- Grupo Desportivo de Maputo1992–1994
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora1994–1997
- Mozambique men's national football team1995–2010
- Jomo Cosmos F.C.1997–2000
- Jomo Cosmos F.C.2000–2004
- Tampa Bay Mutiny2000–2000
- SuperSport United F.C.2004–2006
- Orlando Pirates F.C.2006–2008
- Jomo Cosmos F.C.2008–2010
- Maritzburg United F.C.2008–2008
- Grupo Desportivo de Maputo2010–2011
Played together with
Aaron MokoenaJomo Cosmos F.C. · 1997–1998- Abel XavierC.F. Estrela da Amadora · 1990–1993
Abraham Gneki GuiéJomo Cosmos F.C. · 2006–2007- Alfred PhiriJomo Cosmos F.C. · 1995–1996
- Alfred PhiriJomo Cosmos F.C. · 2002–2002
- Alfred PhiriSuperSport United F.C. · 2006–2008
- Andile JaliOrlando Pirates F.C. · 2009–2014
- Andre ArendseSuperSport United F.C. · 2005–2009
António MendonçaC.F. Estrela da Amadora · 2008–2008
Aubrey ModibaOrlando Pirates F.C.
BebéC.F. Estrela da Amadora · 2009–2010
Benjani MwaruwariJomo Cosmos F.C. · 1999–2002
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Manuel José Luís Bucuane, better known professionally as Tico-Tico, is a Mozambican former 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.
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