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.

Club career

Velež Mostar

Tuce was born in

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

and started to play professionally for

FK Velež Mostar Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English language, English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football (soccer), football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cl ...

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 League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

. During his career in Velež, he played 177 league games and scored 55 goals. In 1986, he won the

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with Velež. The same year, in 1986, he was named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year.

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

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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 the 22 of April 2021 Tuce experienced a heart attack in his hometown Kriens, in Switzerland.FC Luzern: Club-Legende Semir Tuce (57) erleidet Herzinfarkt
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Honours

Player

Velež Mostar *

: 1985–86 Luzern *

: 1991–92

Individual

Awards * Yugoslav Footballer of the Year: 1986

References

External links

* 1964 births Living people Footballers from Mostar Men's association football wingers Yugoslav men's 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 Swiss Challenge League 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 {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-forward-stub