Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Playing position Name Tico Tico | ||
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Full name Manuel Jose Luis Bucuane Date of birth (1973-08-16) August 16, 1973 (age 42) Place of birth Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique | ||
Tico tico
Manuel José Luís Bucuane (born 16 August 1973 in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)), best known as Tico-Tico, is a former Mozambican footballer. He played as a striker and last played for Desportivo de Maputo in Mozambique.
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- Tico tico
- Tico Tico Guitar cover by Charles Siqueira Vaz My Guitar Sings
- Career
- International goals
- References
Tico Tico - Guitar cover by Charles Siqueira Vaz - My Guitar Sings
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.