Tico-Tico

This article is about the footballer. For the song, see Tico-Tico no Fubá.

Tico-Tico

Personal information
Full name	Manuel José Luís Bucuane
Date of birth	(1973-08-16) August 16, 1973
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Desportivo de Maputo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1994	Desportivo de Maputo	63	(35)
1994–1997	Estrela da Amadora	28	(11)
1997–2000	Jomo Cosmos	91	(44)
2000	Tampa Bay Mutiny	18	(4)
2000–2004	Jomo Cosmos	104	(32)
2004-2006	Supersport United	40	(8)
2006–2008	Orlando Pirates	21	(4)
2008	Maritzburg United	8	(0)
2008–2010	Jomo Cosmos	14	(1)
2010–2011	Desportivo de Maputo
Total		387	(139)
International career
1995–2010	Mozambique	83	(27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2013 UTC

Manuel José Luís Bucuane (born 16 August 1973 in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)), best known as Tico-Tico, is a Mozambican football striker who plays 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 Federação Moçambicana de Futebol 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.

External links

• Tico-Tico – FIFA competition record
• Tico-Tico at National-Football-Teams.com