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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.^[3][4]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 August 1992	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Lesotho	?–0	3–0	1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
2.	11 July 1993	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho	Lesotho	?–?	1–1	1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
3.	25 July 1993	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Kenya	1–0	1–4	1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
4.	13 November 1994	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Guinea	2–1	2–1	1996 African Cup of Nations qualification
5.	25 June 1995	Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique	Zimbabwe	3–0	3–1	Friendly
6.	7 January 1996	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Algeria	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7.	16 January 1996	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Tunisia	1–0	1–1	1996 African Cup of Nations
8.	12 April 1997	Silver Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi	Malawi	1–0	2–2	1997 COSAFA Cup
9.	15 June 1997	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Tanzania	1–0	3–0	1997 COSAFA Cup
10.				2–0
11.	22 June 1997	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Zambia	1–0	2–2	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
12.	13 July 1997	Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius	Mauritius	3–1	3–1	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.	27 July 1997	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Malawi	2–1	2–1	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
14.	11 January 1998	Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo	Togo	1–1	2–1	Friendly
15.				2–1
16.	20 January 1998	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Ghana	1–2	1–3	Friendly
17.	25 January 1998	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	1–1	2–1	1998 COSAFA Cup
18.	4 October 1998	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Eritrea	3–0	3–1	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
19.	11 April 1999	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Cameroon	1–4	1–6	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
20.	23 April 2000	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Sudan	1–0	2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.				2–1
22.	27 July 2003	Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	2–1	2–4	2003 COSAFA Cup
23.	18 April 2004	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Madagascar	1–0	2–0	2004 COSAFA Cup
24.	3 June 2007	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Burkina Faso	2–1	3–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
25.				3–1
26.	8 September 2007	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	1–0	1–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
27.	21 May 2008	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Lesotho	2–2	2–3	Friendly
28.	22 June 2008	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Madagascar	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.	30 July 2008	Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge, South Africa	Madagascar	1–0	2–1	2008 COSAFA Cup
30.	6 September 2009	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Kenya	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

External links

• Tico-Tico – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Tico-Tico at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tico-Tico: The most international continues on the first line