Semir Tuce (born 11 February 1964) is a Bosnian retired

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, who played as left winger. He was part of the Velež Mostar ''second golden era'', which won the

1985–86 Yugoslav Cup The 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup was the 38th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup ( sh, Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (''Kup Maršala Tita''), since its establishment in 1946. It w ...

Club career

Velež Mostar

Tuce was born in

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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 The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

. During his career in Velež, he played 177 league games and scored 55 goals. In

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, he won the

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with Velež. The same year, in 1986, he was named the

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Luzern

In 1989, he moved to

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to play for

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. He played in Switzerland for 5 years. He won the

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with the club in

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. He ended his career at Luzern in 1995.

International career

Tuce made his debut for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

in an October 1986 European Championship qualification match against

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and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an April 1989

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against

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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.FC Luzern: Club-Legende Semir Tuce (57) erleidet Herzinfarkt
- Nau.ch

Honours

Player

Velež Mostar *

: 1985–86 Luzern *

: 1991–92

Individual

Awards *

: 1986

References

External links

* 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Mostar Association football wingers Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers FK Velež Mostar players FC Luzern players Yugoslav First League players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-forward-stub