Manuel José Luís Bucuane "Tico-Tico" - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Mozambican player scored 30 international goals in 94 matches for his National Team, which is the former record number of appearances for Mozambique. He is the leading goal scorer in the history of the Mozambique National team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
 
Born: 16- 8-1973
Country: Mozambique
Caps:	94	(W36-D16-L42 – GF109-GA126 – %46.81)
Goals:	30	(% 0.32 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr   0 d   16- 8-1992 vs. Zaire 0-2
Age Last Cap:    36 yr 157 d   20- 1-2010 vs. Nigeria 0-3
National Team Career: 17 yr 157 d

 
Cap  Goals     Date	Venue	  	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1	     16- 8-92	Kinshasa	Zaire   	0-2	African Cup Qual.
 2   1	 1   30- 8-92	Maputo  	Lesotho 	3-0	African Cup Qual.
 3	 1   25-10-92	Maputo  	Senegal 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 4	 1   17- 1-93	Maputo  	Gabon   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 5	 1   30- 1-93	Dakar   	Senegal 	1-6	World Cup Qualifier
 6	 1   11- 4-93	Maputo  	Kenya   	0-0	African Cup Qual.
 7   1 	 2   11- 7-93	Maseru  	Lesotho 	1-1	African Cup Qual.
 8   1 	 3   25- 7-93	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-4	African Cup Qual.
 9	 3    4- 9-94	Bamako  	Mali    	1-2	African Cup Qual.
10	 3   16-10-94	Maputo  	Botswana	3-1	African Cup Qual.
11   1	 4   13-11-94	Maputo  	Guinea  	2-1	African Cup Qual.
12	 4    8- 1-95	Luanda  	Angola  	0-1	African Cup Qual.
13	 4    9- 4-95	Maputo  	Mali    	1-0	African Cup Qual.
14   1	 5   25- 6-95	Beira   	Zimbabwe	3-1	
15	 5   16- 7-95	Maputo  	Angola  	2-1	African Cup Qual.
16	 5   30- 7-95	Windhoek	Namibia 	0-0	African Cup Qual.
17   1	 6    7- 1-96	Maputo  	Algeria 	1-0	
18   1	 7   16- 1-96	Port Elizabeth	Tunisia 	1-1	African Nations Cup
19	 7   21- 1-96	Port Elizabeth	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Nations Cup
20	 7   25- 1-96	Bloemfontein	Ghana   	0-2	African Nations Cup
21	 7   26- 1-97	Maputo  	Mauritius	3-0	African Cup Qual.
22	 7   22- 2-97	Blantyre	Malawi  	0-2	African Cup Qual.
23	 7    2- 3-97	Lobamba 	Swaziland	4-0	COSAFA Cup
24   1	 8   12- 4-97	Lilongwe	Malawi  	2-2	COSAFA Cup
25   2	10   15- 6-97	Maputo  	Tanzania	3-0	COSAFA Cup
26   1	11   22- 6-97	Maputo  	Zambia    	2-2	African Cup Qual.
27   1	12   13- 7-97	Belle Vue Harel	Mauritius	3-1	African Cup Qual.
28   1	13   27- 7-97	Maputo  	Malawi  	2-1	African Cup Qual.
29	13    2- 8-97	Lusaka  	Zambia    	1-2	COSAFA Cup
30   1	14   11- 1-98	Lomé    	Togo    	2-1	
31	14   14- 1-98	Accra    	Ghana   	0-0	
32   1	15   19- 1-98	Accra    	Ghana   	1-3	
33   1	16   25- 1-98	Gaborone	Botswana	2-1	COSAFA Cup
34	16   29- 1-98	Bouaké  	Ivory Coast	1-4	
35	16   10- 2-98	Bobo-Dioulasso	Egypt   	0-2	African Nations Cup
36	16   13- 2-98	Bobo-Dioulasso	Morocco 	0-3	African Nations Cup
37	16   17- 2-98	Bobo-Dioulasso	Zambia    	1-3	African Nations Cup
38	16   16- 5-98	Lusaka  	Zambia    	0-1	COSAFA Cup
39	16   24- 5-98	Maputo  	Zimbabwe	0-2	COSAFA Cup
40	16   19- 7-98	Maputo  	Angola  	1-1	COSAFA Cup
41	16   15- 8-98	Maputo  	Botswana	2-1	African Cup Qual.
42	16   19- 8-98	Ponta Delgada	Portugal	1-2	
43   1	17    4-10-98	Maputo  	Eritrea 	3-1	African Cup Qual.
44	17   24- 1-99	Accra    	Ghana   	0-1	African Cup Qual.
45	17   28- 2-99	Yaoundé 	Camerron	0-1	African Cup Qual.
46   1	18   11- 4-99	Maputo  	Cameroon	1-6	African Cup Qual.
47	18   19- 6-99	Asmara  	Eritrea 	0-1	African Cup Qual.
48	18    9- 4-00	Khartoum	Sudan    	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
49	18   15- 4-00	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-2	COSAFA Cup	
50   2	20   23- 4-00	Maputo  	Sudan    	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
51	20   29- 4-01	Maputo  	South Africa	0-3	COSAFA Cup
52	20   30- 3-01	Mhlume  	Swaziland	2-1
53	20    7- 4-02	Maseru  	Lesotho 	2-0	COSAFA Cup
54	20   25- 6-02	Maputo  	Angola  	1-1
55	20    6- 7-02	Lusaka  	Zambia    	0-3	COSAFA Cup
56	20   13-10-02	Maputo  	Congo-Brazzav.	0-3	African Cup Qual.
57	20   30- 3-03	Maputo  	Burkina Faso	1-0	African Cup Qual.
58	20    7- 6-03	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	0-4	African Cup Qual.
59	20   22- 6-03	Maputo  	Central Afr. R.	1-0	African Cup Qual.
60   1	21   27- 7-03	Lusaka  	Zambia    	2-4	COSAFA Cup
61	21   12-10-03	Conakry 	Guinea  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
62	21   16-11-03	Maputo  	Guinea  	3-4	World Cup Qualifier
63   1	22   18- 4-04	Maputo  	Madagascar	2-0	COSAFA Cup
64	22   13- 6-04	Maputo  	Malawi  	2-0	COSAFA Cup
65	22   19- 9-04	Maputo  	Angola  	0-1	COSAFA Cup
66	22   29- 4-06	Maseru  	Lesotho  	0-0 [1]	COSAFA Cup
67	22   30- 4-06	Maseru  	Mauritius 	0-0 [2]	COSAFA Cup
68   1	23   24- 6-06	Maputo  	Swaziland	4-0	
69	23   25- 6-06	Maputo  	Malawi  	2-1	
70	23    2- 9-06	Dakar   	Senegal 	0-2	African Cup Qual.
71	23   24- 3-07	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	1-1	African Cup Qual.
72   2	25    3- 6-07	Maputo  	Burkina Faso	3-1	African Cup Qual.
73   1	26    8- 9-07	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	1-0	African Cup Qual.
74   1	27   21- 5-08	Maputo  	Lesotho 	2-3	
75	27    1- 6-08	Abidjan  	Ivory Coast	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
76	27   15- 6-08	Antananarivo	Madagascar	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
77   1	28   22- 6-08	Maputo  	Madagascar	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
78	28   27- 7-08	Secunda 	Botswana	2-0	COSAFA Cup
79   1	29   30- 7-08	Bushbuckridge	Madagascar	2-1	COSAFA Cup
80	29   20- 8-08	Maputo  	Swaziland	3-0	
81	29    7- 9-08	Maputo  	Ivory Coast	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
82	29   11-10-08	Gaborone	Botswana	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
83	29   19-11-08	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	0-1	
84	29   11- 2-09	Maputo  	Malawi  	2-0	
85	29    6- 6-09	Radès   	Tunisia 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
86	29   20- 6-09	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
87	29   12- 8-09	Maputo  	Swaziland	1-0	
88   1	30    6- 9-09	Maputo  	Kenya   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
89	30   11-10-09	Abuja   	Nigeria 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
90	30   14-11-09	Maputo  	Tunisia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
91	30    6- 1-10	Bloemfontein	Gabon   	0-2	
92	30   12- 1-10	Benguela	Benin   	2-2	African Nations Cup
93	30   16- 1-10	Benguela	Egypt   	0-2	African Nations Cup
94	30   20- 1-10	Lubango 	Nigeria 	0-3	African Nations Cup

[1] Mozambique lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Mozambique won 5-4 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    94	  36   16   42	109- 126      88      46.81


Types of           Matches    Goals

African Cup Qualifier	31	12
COSAFA Cup		20	 7
Friendlies		17	 6
World Cup Qualifier	17	 4
African Nations Cup	 9	 1

Total 			94	30


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