Túlio Maravilha
Túlio Maravilha is certainly not the most famous Brazilian player of the 90s, however, he is one of the most effective in the history of football.
Trophies
Goals
Games
1988/92 Goiás (BRA) 165 games, 94 goals
1992/93 FC Sion (SWI) 35 games, 19 goals
1994/96 Botafogo (BRA) 96 games, 52 goals
1997 Corinthians (BRA) 33 games, 14 goals
1997 Vitoria (BRA) 24 games, 9 goals
1998 Botafogo (BRA) 24 games, 10 goals
1999 Fluminense (BRA) 22 games, 10 goals
1999 Cruzeiro (BRA) 9 games, 1 goal
1999 Villa Nova (BRA) 17 games, 10 goals
2000 São Caetano (BRA) 31 games, 30 goals
2000 Botafogo (BRA) 14 games, 4 goals
2001 Villa Nova (BRA) 27 games, 21 goals
2001 Santa Cruz (BRA) 7 games, 1 goal
2001/02 Ujpest Budapest (HUN) 10 games, 4 goals
2002/03 Brasiliense (BRA) 25 games, 15 goals
2003 Atlético Goianiense (BRA) 1 game, 3 goals
2003 Tupy ES (BRA) 7 games, 5 goals
2004 Jorge Wilstermann (BOL) 21 games, 24 goals
2004 Anapolina (BRA) 9 games, 1 goal
2005 Volta Redonda FC (BRA) 22 games, 13 goals
2005 Juventude (BRA) 12 games, 2 goals
2005/06 Al-Shabab (UAE) 6 games, 2 goals
2006 Volta Redonda FC (BRA) 25 games, 20 goals
2006 Fast Clube (BRA) 12 games, 10 goals
2007 Canedense (BRA) 32 games, 30 goals
2007/08 Villa Nova (BRA) 53 games, 33 goals
2009 Itumbaria (BRA) 22 games, 14 goals
2009 Goiânia (BRA) 10 games, 5 goals
2009/11 Botafogo (BRA) 40 games, 32 goals
2010 Potyguar (BRA) 11 games, 6 goals
2011 Baras FC (BRA) 15 matches, 13 goals
2011 Canedense (BRA) 21 matches, 20 goals
2011 Bonsucesso (BRA) 7 matches, 4 goals
2012 CSE Palmaira dos Índios (BRA) 17 matches, 8 goals
2012 Tanabi (BRA) 19 matches, 18 goals
2012 Botafogo (BRA) 5 matches, 1 goal
2013 Vilavelhense (BRA) 5 matches, 5 goals
2014 Araxa (BRA) 1 matches, 1 goal
2018 Atlético Carioca (BRA) 2 matches
2018/19 CA Taboão da Serra (BRA) 4 matches, 1 goal
With the National Team :
15 caps, 13 goals
(Friendly matches: 10 caps, 10 goals)
(Copa America: 5 caps, 3 goals)
1st cap: October 17, 1990 against Chile (0-0)
Last cap: December 20, 1995 against Colombia (3-1)
Tulio Humberto Pereira Costa
Born June 2, 1969 in Goiânia (BRE)
Brazilian, Striker, 1m72
Nickname: Maravilha
Failed experience in Europe but very good return to Brazil
Túlio Maravilha was born on June 2, 1969 in Goiânia, Brazil. He began his football career in 1988 under the jersey of the Goias club, his hometown club. In 4 seasons for his first club, he quickly became the best player in the squad and confirmed his talent. The player with a reputation as a comedian is in fact a formidable finisher and an outstanding fox in the box. His sense of goal is formidable for his opponents.
Another highlight of his career that will make him quite famous without really giving him all the notoriety he deserved, the fact that he played for 32 clubs in the space of 24 years. A long career rich in goals and trophies, but especially in travel. He could have joined Paris Saint-Germain at one point in his career, having worn the club's jersey during a trial in a friendly match, but his disappointing performance did not convince the club to sign him.
He finally signed with FC Sion, but the experience was a failure and it was finally at Botafogo, in Brazil, that he found his football again. In his new club, he became one of the best Brazilian strikers of his generation.
A serial scorer with a disappointing career
He was also a Brazilian international between 1990 and 1995, scoring 13 goals and providing 2 assists in 15 matches. Really impressive statistics but which would not allow him to remain a Brazilian international with the arrival of Ronaldo, Bebeto and many others...
Ultimately, the player made the wrong career choices, going from club to club without ever being able to show the full extent of his talent at the highest level. The player who claims to have scored more than 1000 goals, however, does not have the proof of his words. In the end, his career took a turn at the end of the 90s and the beginning of the 2000s, when he chained small clubs, and goals.
He will have played until the age of 44 and will have scored a total of more than 500 official goals, enough to make him enter the very closed circle of players with more than 500 goals. However, his career leaves a bitter taste of knowing what he could have become with the right career choices.
Trophies :
Finalist Copa America x1
- 1995 (Brazil)
Brazilian League x1
- 1995 (Botafogo)
Goiás Championship x4
- 1989 (Goiás)
- 1990 (Goiás)
- 1991 (Goiás)
- 2001 (Villa Nova)
São Paulo Championship x1
- 1997 (Corinthians)
Hungarian Cup x1
- 2002 (Ujpest FC)
Paulista Serie A2 Championship x1
- 2000 (São Caetano)
Rio-São Paulo Tournament x1
- 1998 (Botafogo)
Brazilian Championship D3 x1
- 2002 (Brasiliense)
Aerosur Cup x1
- 2004 (Jorge Wilstermann)
Guanabara Cup x1
- 2005 (Volta Redonda FC)
Individual Trophies :
- Bola de Prata in 1989, 1990 and 1995
- Voted best player in the Brazilian championship in 1995
- Revelation of the Brazilian championship in 1989
- Top scorer in the Brazilian championship in 1989 (11 goals) (Goiás), 1994 (19 goals) and 1995 (23 goals) (Botafogo)
- Top scorer in the Brazilian championship D2 in 2008 (24 goals) (Villa Nova)
- Top scorer in the Brazilian championship D3 in 2002 (11 goals) (Brasiliense) and 2007 (27 goals) (Villa Nova)
- Top scorer in the Rio championship in 1994 (14 goals), 1995 (27 goals) (Botafogo) and 2005 (12 goals) (Volta Redonda FC)
- Top scorer in the Goiás Championship in 1991 (18 goals) (Goiás), 2001 (16 goals) and 2008 (14 goals) (Villa Nova)
- Top scorer in the Goiás D3 Championship in 2006 (7 goals) (Canedense)