Túlio Maravilha

Túlio Maravilha
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.
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 Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1995 Copa América in Uruguay in which he committed a deliberate handball. Túlio played one more time for the Brazil national team, scoring two gols against Colombia, at a friendly match in Manaus-AM (Vivaldo Lima stadium).
Personal life
His son, Tulio Humberto Pereira da Costa Filho, was born on the same date as his father.
Honours
Goiás
Campeonato Goiano: 1989, 1990, 1991
Botafogo
Série A: 1995
Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1996
Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1998
Corinthians
Campeonato Paulista: 1997
Cruzeiro
Recopa Sudamericana: 1998
Vila Nova
Campeonato Goiano: 2001
São Caetano
Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2000
Újpest
Hungarian Cup: 2002
Brasiliense
Série C: 2002
Jorge Wilstermann
Copa Aerosur: 2004
Volta Redonda
Taça Guanabara: 2005
Copa Finta Internacional: 2005
Itauçu
Campeonato Goiano Third Division: 2006
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
Campeonato Paulista 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).
See also
List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
References
Footballers from Goiânia
1969 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Swiss Super League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Goiás Esporte Clube players
FC Sion players
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Esporte Clube Vitória players
Fluminense FC players
Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
Associação Desportiva São Caetano players
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
Újpest FC players
Brasiliense FC players
Atlético Clube Goianiense players
C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players
Associação Atlética Anapolina players
Volta Redonda FC players
Esporte Clube Juventude players
Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Dubai) players
Nacional Fast Clube players
Itumbiara Esporte Clube players
Goiânia Esporte Clube players
Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube players
Bonsucesso Futebol Clube players
Tanabi Esporte Clube players
UAE Pro League players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
1995 Copa América players