Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa (born 2 June 1969), sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha ("Wonder Túlio"), is a former Brazilian international

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who played as a forward. He played for many Brazilian club teams, such as

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, Vitória,

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, Cruzeiro and Vila Nova and several lower-division teams in Brazil. In Europe, he had short-lived career, playing for Sion and

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. 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.

International career

Tulio played 15 games with Brazil national team and scored 13 goals. The team never lost a match with Tulio on the pitch. With the national team, Túlio was famous for scoring a controversial equalizer against

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in the quarter-finals of the 1995 Copa América in

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in which he committed a deliberate handball. 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).

Personal life

Télvio, his

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brother, was also a professional footballer and played alongside with Túlio at

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and

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. His son, Tulio Humberto Pereira da Costa Filho, was born on the same date as his father.

Honours

Goiás *

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: 1989, 1990, 1991 Botafogo * Série A:

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: 1996 * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1998 Corinthians *

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Cruzeiro *

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Vila Nova * Campeonato Goiano: 2001 São Caetano *

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: 2000 Újpest *

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: 2002 Brasiliense * Série C:

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Jorge Wilstermann * Copa Aerosur: 2004 Volta Redonda *

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: 2005 * Copa Finta Internacional: 2005 Itauçu *

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: 2006 Individual * Bola de Prata: 1989, 1990, 1995 * Sharp Award: 1995 * Sony Award: 1995 * Série A:

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* Série B top scorer:

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* Série C top scorer:

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top scorer: 2009 *

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top scorer: 1994, 1995, 2005 *

top scorer: 1991, 2001, 2008 *

top scorer: 2006 *

top scorer: 2000

Records

* 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).

References

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International career

Personal life

Honours

Records

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