In June 2000, Tico-Tico was signed by the
Tampa Bay Mutiny after playing for
Jomo Cosmos. 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. 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.
International goals :''Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.'' ==References==