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 goals against Colombia, at a friendly match in Manaus-AM (Vivaldo Lima stadium).

Personal life

Télvio, his twin brother, was also a professional footballer and played alongside with Túlio at Fluminense FC, Botafogo FR and FC Sion. 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).