Tulio was born in Palmeira d'Oeste, Brazil on April 24, 1981. He moved to Japan at age 15 to complete his high school studies. After graduating from Shibuya Makuhari High School, he joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2001. In opening game against Kashima Antlers in 2001 season on March 11, he debuted as substitute defender in the 10th minutes instead Tony Popovic who was injured, and Tulio scored a goal in the 16th minutes. After the debut, he played many matches as center back in 2 seasons. However Hiroshima was relegated to J2 League end of 2002 season. In 2003, he moved to J2 League club Mito HollyHock. In October 2003, Tulio obtained his Japanese citizenship. Although he played as center back, he scored 10 goals in 2003 season. In 2004, he moved to J1 club Urawa Reds. Urawa won the champions in 2006 and he was selected MVP award. In 2007, Urawa won their first Asian champions in 2007 AFC Champions League. He played 168 matches and score 37 goals for the club in 6 seasons and was selected Best Eleven every season. In 2010, he moved to Nagoya Grampus. In his first season in Nagoya, Nagoya won the champions in 2010 J1 League first time in the club history. Nagoya also won the 2nd place in the 2011 season. He played 188 matches and scored 36 goals for the club. He was also selected Best Eleven for 3 years in a row (2010-2012). In 2017, he moved to J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC and played in 3 seasons. He retired end of 2019 season.
Tulio obtained his Japanese citizenship in October 2003. He played for Japan U-23 national team at the 2004 Olympic Games. He played as center back in full time in all 3 matches. On August 9, 2006, he debuted for the Japan national team under new manager Ivica Osim against Trinidad and Tobago which is Japan's first match after the 2006 World Cup. He played many matches for center back with Yuji Nakazawa. He was selected the Japan for 2010 World Cup. He played in full time in all 4 matches. He played 43 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2010.
529||104||51||13||16||5||22||3||618||125
529||104||51||13||16||5||22||3||618||125
!Total||43||8
İlhan Mansız
İlhan Mansız (born 10 August 1975) is a former Turkish football player. He has played for Turkey national team.
166||66
3||0
0||0
169||66
!Total||21||7
Masakiyo Maezono
Maezono was born in Satsumasendai on October 29, 1973. After graduating from Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School, he joined J1 League club Yokohama Flügels in 1992. He debuted in June 1993 and he became a regular player after his debut. The club won the 1993 Emperor's Cup, their first major title. In Asia, the club also won the 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, their first Asian title. In 1997, he moved to Verdy Kawasaki (later "Tokyo Verdy"). In October 1998, he moved to Brazil and played for Santos (1998) and Goiás (1999). In 2000, he returned to Japan and joined J2 League club Shonan Bellmare. In 2001, he returned to Tokyo Verdy. In 2003, he moved to South Korea and played for Anyang LG Cheetahs (2003) and Incheon United (2004). He announced his retirement in May 2005.
On May 22, 1994, Maezono debuted for the Japan national team against Australia. He also played at the 1994 Asian Games.
From 1995, Maezono prioritized the Japan U-23 national team. He played as captain for U-23 Japan. In the 1996 Summer Olympics Qualifiers, Japan qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics for the first time in 28 years since the 1968 Summer Olympics where Japan won the Bronze Medal. At the 1996 Olympics, although Japan won 2 matches, they exited in the first round. At the Olympics Japan beat Brazil in the first game. It was known as the "Miracle of Miami" () in Japan. He played 3 games at the Olympics and scored 2 goals against Hungary.
After the 1996 Summer Olympics, in August 1996, Maezono was selected by the Japan senior team for the first time in years. On August 25, he played and scored a goal against Uruguay. This goal was his first goal for Japan. In December, he played at the 1996 Asian Cup. He played 19 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1997.
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5||1||||||||||5||1
29||1||||||||||29||1
263||47||16||3||24||8||303||58
!Total||19||4
Akihiro Nagashima
Nagashima was born in Kobe on April 9, 1964. After graduating from Mikage Technical High School, he joined Regional Leagues club Matsushita Electric (later "Gamba Osaka") in 1983. In 1984, the club was promoted to Japan Soccer League. The club won 1990 Emperor's Cup. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. On June 5, 1993, he score a hat-trick against Nagoya Grampus Eight. He became the first player in J1 League to score a hat-trick as Japanese player. In 1994, he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse.
In January 1995, Great Hanshin earthquake occurred in his local Kobe. In June, Nagashima moved to Japan Football League club Vissel Kobe to encourage disaster area. In 1996, the club won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 League. He played 138 games and scored 67 goals for the club. He retired in 2000.
On July 27, 1990, Nagashima debuted for Japan national team against South Korea. He played 4 games for Japan until 1991.
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329||137||13||10||32||19||374||166
!Total||4||0
Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Santa Cruz (born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan football player. He plays for Manchester City.
9||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||3
152||31||1||0||colspan="2"|-||52||7||205||38
57||23||4||1||6||4||3||1||70||29
218||57||5||1||6||4||55||8||284||70
!Total||66||20
Cafu
Cafu (born 7 June 1970) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
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16||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||17||0
282||9||22||1||74||2||378||12
428||15||22||1||75||2||525||18
!Total||142||5
Gary Kelly
Gary Kelly (born 9 July 1974) is a former Irish football player. He has played for Leeds United and Republic of Ireland national team.
430||2||32||2||30||0||36||0||528||4
430||2||32||2||30||0||36||0||528||4
!Total||52||2
Luis Hernández
Luis Hernández (born 22 December 1968) is a former Mexican football player. He has played for Mexico national team.
328||117
4||2
30||13
362||132
!Total||85||35
Eric Walter Elst
Eric Walter Elst (born 30 November 1936 in Mortsel) is an astronomer from Belgium. Elst has found nearly 3,500 asteroids, including many notable asteroids. An asteroid, 3936 Elst, was named after him.
Crasna, Gorj
Crasna is a commune of Gorj County in Romania.
Albeni
Albeni is a commune of Gorj County in Romania.
Aninoasa, Gorj
Aninoasa is a commune of Gorj County in Romania.
Natural gas vehicle
A natural gas vehicle or NGV is an alternative fuel vehicle that uses (compressed or liquefied) natural gas instead of other fossil fuels.
Natural gas is a mixture. It consists mainly of hydrocarbons. The main component is methane. Natural gas is often found in the ground together with petroleum.
The main difficulty in the use of natural gas is transportation. Natural gas pipelines are economical, but are impractical across oceans. Liquefied natural gas tankers are also used.
Compressed natural gas (CNG) is stored in containers at high pressure.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is stored at temperatures as low as - 260°F (- 162°C). At these temperature conditions, natural gas is in a liquid state.
Natural gas is used for the production of electricity, it is also often used because it makes less pollution than other fossil fuels. Some is used as fuel for vehicles.
Étienne Lenoir built 1862 the first gas engine, before there have been fuel and diesel engines. Over the years gas was used in many different machines, so the technology improved also. From the 1950s the automobile industry focused more on fuel technology than on gas technology. There have only been single cars with natural gas technology and few gas stations which offered natural gas. Because of climate and environment the role of natural gas became more and more important.