{"id":88639,"date":"2025-08-17T09:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T07:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/?p=88639"},"modified":"2025-08-17T09:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T07:14:06","slug":"tico-tico-o-maior-artilheiro-de-sempre-da-selecao-nacional-celebra-hoje-52-anos-de-idade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/tico-tico-o-maior-artilheiro-de-sempre-da-selecao-nacional-celebra-hoje-52-anos-de-idade\/","title":{"rendered":"Tico-Tico, the all-time top scorer for the National Team, celebrates his 52nd birthday today."},"content":{"rendered":"

Manuel Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Bucuane, better known as Tico-Tico<\/strong>, Tico-Tico celebrates his 52nd birthday today, August 16th. Born in 1973 in the city of Louren\u00e7o Marques (now Maputo), Tico-Tico is considered one of the greatest figures in Mozambican football and the all-time top scorer for the National Team.<\/p>\n

His career began in Desportivo de Maputo<\/strong>, the club where he excelled and won the affection of the fans. In 1994, he transferred to Amadora Star<\/strong>, from Portugal, before returning to Desportivo the following year. Soon after, in 1996, he began one of the most significant phases of his career, joining Jomo Cosmos<\/strong>, from South Africa, a club he would go on to represent in three different periods.<\/p>\n

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Tico-Tico also wore the colors of Tampa Bay Mutiny<\/strong>, in the United States, and from renowned South African clubs, such as Supersport United<\/strong>, the Orlando Pirates<\/strong> and the Maritzburg United<\/strong>, ending his career in 2010 at Desportivo de Maputo.<\/p>\n

For the Mozambican National Team<\/strong>, Tico-Tico wrote his name in history: he is the player with the most games played (83) and the top scorer, with 27 goals scored<\/strong>. He represented the Mambas in three editions of the African Cup of Nations (CAN)<\/strong> \u2014 1996, 1998 and 2010.<\/p>\n

In recognition of his legacy, he was honored by Mozambican Football Federation (FMF)<\/strong> in 2012 and, the following year, he was appointed National Team Ambassador<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Today, as it celebrates its 52nd anniversary, Tico-Tico remains a symbol of dedication and pride for Mozambican football, serving as an inspiration for new generations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manuel Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Bucuane, better known as Tico-Tico, celebrates his 52nd birthday today, August 16th. Born in 1973 in the city of Louren\u00e7o Marques (now Maputo), Tico-Tico is considered one of the greatest figures in Mozambican football and the all-time top scorer for the National Team. His career began at Desportivo de Maputo, a club [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aniversarios"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_2025-08-17-09-04-27-567_com.instagram.android-edit.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88641,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88639\/revisions\/88641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}