Semir Tuce

Semir Tuce (born 11 February 1964) is a Bosnian retired footballer, who played as left winger.

Semir Tuce
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-02-11) 11 February 1964
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1989 Velež Mostar 173 (55)
1989–1995 Luzern 116 (28)
Total 289 (83)
National team
1982–1985 Yugoslavia U21 9 (2)
1986–1989 Yugoslavia 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was part of the Velež Mostar second golden era, which won the 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup.

Club career

Velež Mostar

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

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 1994.

International career

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
Scores and results table. Yugoslavia's goal tally first:

Personal life

On 22 April 2021 Tuce was hit by a heart attack in his hometown Kriens, in Switzerland.[4]

Honours

Player

Velež Mostar

Luzern

Individual

Awards

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2011-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Dank Adi Koch kam der Cupsieg des FC Luzern 1992 auch nach Rothenburg - Luzerner Zeitung (in German)
  3. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  4. FC Luzern: Club-Legende Semir Tuce (57) erleidet Herzinfarkt - Nau.ch (in German)


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