Túlio Maravilha


Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa, sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha, 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 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.
He scored a controversial goal against Universidad Católica in a Copa Libertadores match. Having already eliminated the goalkeeper from the play, Tulio stopped short of the goal line with the ball, turned around and flicked the ball up, tapping it in with a heel kick. He named the stylish goal "Tuleta" after his name.
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 Brazilian 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. However, Túlio never played again for the Brazilian national team.

Personal life

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

Honours

Club

;Goiás
;Botafogo
;Corinthians
;Cruzeiro
;Vila Nova
;São Caetano
;Újpest
;Brasiliense
;Jorge Wilstermann
;Volta Redonda
;Itauçuense