Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa (born 2 June 1969), sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha ("Wonder Túlio"), is a former Brazilian international footballer who played as a forward. He played for many Brazilian club teams, such as Goiás, Botafogo, Corinthians, Vitória, Fluminense, Cruzeiro and Vila Nova and several lower-division teams in Brazil. In Europe, he had short-lived career, playing for Sion and Újpest.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Goiânia, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Goiás | 88 | (48) |
| 1992–1993 | Sion | 11 | (3) |
| 1994–1996 | Botafogo | 73 | (55) |
| 1997 | Corinthians | 33 | (14) |
| 1997 | Vitória | 24 | (9) |
| 1998 | Fluminense | 22 | (10) |
| 1998 | Botafogo | 24 | (10) |
| 1999–2001 | Vila Nova | 21 | (27) |
| 2000 | São Caetano | 23 | (30) |
| 2000 | Botafogo | 14 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | Santa Cruz | 7 | (1) |
| 2002 | Újpest | 10 | (4) |
| 2003 | Brasiliense | 21 | (11) |
| 2003 | Atlético Goianiense | 1 | (3) |
| 2003 | Tupy | 2 | (5) |
| 2004 | Jorge Wilstermann | 16 | (24) |
| 2004 | Anapolina | 9 | (1) |
| 2005 | Volta Redonda | 16 | (12) |
| 2005 | Juventude | 11 | (2) |
| 2005 | Al-Shabab | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Volta Redonda | 18 | (20) |
| 2006 | Fast | 10 | (10) |
| 2006 | Canedense | 23 | (25) |
| 2007 | Itauçu | 7 | (7) |
| 2008 | Vila Nova | 37 | (24) |
| 2009 | Itumbiara | 22 | (14) |
| 2009 | Goiânia | 10 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Botafogo-DF | 5 | (1) |
| 2010 | Potyguar Seridoense | 11 | (6) |
| 2011 | Barras | 6 | (4) |
| 2011 | Canedense | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Bonsucesso | 9 | (3) |
| 2012 | CSE | 3 | (4) |
| 2012 | Tanabi | 5 | (1) |
| 2012 | Botafogo | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Vilavelhense | 5 | (5) |
| 2014 | Araxá | 1 | (1) |
| 2018 | Atlético Carioca | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Taboão da Serra | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 594 | (398) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1990–1995 | Brazil | 15 | (13) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2009 | |||
His best years were while he was at Botafogo, where he was three times the Brazilian top scorer (1989, 1994 and 1995) and won the 1995 Campeonato Brasileiro. After this he became a journeyman and never played for the same team for more than one season at most.
According to himself, he reached the mark of thousand goals in 2014, at 44 years old. This number was only reached, however, by counting goals in friendlies, commemorative games and amateur football.[2]
International career edit
Tulio played 15 games with Brazil national team and scored 13 goals. The team never lost a match with Tulio on the pitch.[citation needed]
With the national team, Túlio was famous for scoring a controversial equalizer against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1995 Copa América in Uruguay in which he committed a deliberate handball.[3] Túlio played one more time for the Brazil national team, scoring two goals against Colombia, at a friendly match in Manaus-AM (Vivaldo Lima stadium).[4]
Personal life edit
His son, Tulio Humberto Pereira da Costa Filho, was born on the same date as his father.[citation needed]
Honours edit
Goiás
- Campeonato Goiano: 1989, 1990, 1991
Botafogo
- Série A: 1995
- Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1996
- Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1998
Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Vila Nova
- Campeonato Goiano: 2001
São Caetano
Újpest
- Hungarian Cup: 2002
Brasiliense
Jorge Wilstermann
- Copa Aerosur: 2004
Volta Redonda
- Taça Guanabara: 2005
- Copa Finta Internacional: 2005
Itauçu[5]
Individual
- Bola de Prata: 1989, 1990, 1995
- Sharp Award: 1995
- Sony Award: 1995
- Série A: 1989, 1994, 1995
- Série B top scorer: 2008
- Série C top scorer: 2002, 2007
- Campeonato Brasiliense top scorer: 2009
- Campeonato Carioca top scorer: 1994, 1995, 2005
- Campeonato Goiano top scorer: 1991, 2001, 2008
- Campeonato Goiano Third Division top scorer: 2006[5]
- Campeonato Paulista top scorer: 2000
Records edit
- Goiás all-time leading scorer with 187 goals.
- Vila Nova all-time leading scorer with 99 goals.
- Holds the record for most goals scored in a single Série C, with 27 goals in 2007.
- Six time leading scorer of Campeonato Brasileiro, including Série A, B and C.
- He is the only player to be a leading scorer in three different levels in Brazilian football system (Série A, B and C).
- He was the Brazilian season scorer in 1995 (67 goals) and 2007 (50 goals).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Túlio Maravilha (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "A thousand times Tulio: The man who never gave up". EuroSport. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Túlio prefere seu "gol de mão", mas parabeniza peruano: "Foi um artista"". 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Brasil 3 x 1 Colômbia - Amistoso 1995". YouTube.
- ^ a b "Artilheiro garante a liderança do Itauçu na Fase Final" (in Portuguese). Federação Goiana de Futebol. Retrieved 28 March 2021.