Semir Tuce
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 February 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1989 | Velež Mostar | 173 | (55) |
| 1989–1995 | Luzern | 116 | (28) |
| Total | 289 | (83) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1985 | Yugoslavia U21 | 9 | (2) |
| 1986–1989 | Yugoslavia | 7 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Semir Tuce (born 11 February 1964) is a Bosnian retired footballer, who played as left winger.
He was part of the Velež Mostar second golden era, which won the 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Velež Mostar
[edit | edit source]Tuce was born in Mostar and started to play professionally for FK Velež Mostar in 1983, and became one of their best players. He would shoot with his left foot, and was noted in the Yugoslav First League. During his career in Velež, he played 177 league games and scored 55 goals. In 1986, he won the Yugoslav Cup with Velež. The same year, in 1986, he was named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year.
Luzern
[edit | edit source]In 1989, he moved to Switzerland to play for FC Luzern.[1] He played in Switzerland for 5 years. He won the Swiss Cup with the club in 1992.[2] He ended his career at Luzern in 1995.
International career
[edit | edit source]Tuce made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1986 European Championship qualification match against Turkey and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an April 1989 friendly match against Greece.[3]
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results table. Yugoslavia's goal tally first:
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 March 1987 | Gradski-Stadion, Banja Luka, Yugoslavia | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 5 April 1989 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece |  Greece
|
2–1 | 4–1 |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]On the 22 of April 2021 Tuce experienced a heart attack in his hometown Kriens, in Switzerland.[4]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Player
[edit | edit source]Velež Mostar
Luzern
Individual
[edit | edit source]Awards
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Dank Adi Koch kam der Cupsieg des FC Luzern 1992 auch nach Rothenburg - Luzerner Zeitung (in German)
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- ^ FC Luzern: Club-Legende Semir Tuce (57) erleidet Herzinfarkt - Nau.ch (in German)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Semir Tuce at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mostar
- Men's association football wingers
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
- FK Velež Mostar players
- FC Luzern players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Swiss Super League players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football forward stubs