Marcus Tulio Tanaka

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Tulio
Personal information
Full name Marcus Tulio Tanaka
Date of birth April 24, 1981 (1981-04-24) (age 27)
Place of birth    São Paulo, Brazil
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 4
Youth clubs
1997-2000 Shibuya Makuhari High School
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–02
2003
2004–present		 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Mito HollyHock (loan)
Urawa Red Diamonds		 039 00(2)
042 0(10)
118 0(28)   
National team2
2006–present Japan 013 00(2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10 June 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Marcus Tulio Tanaka (田中 マルクス 闘莉王 Tanaka Marukusu Tūriō?), born Marcus Tulio Lyuji Murzani Tanaka and commonly known as Tulio, is a Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League club Urawa Red Diamonds. He is a centre back/sweeper. He can also play in midfield where his technical skills are useful.

Born in São Paulo, Brazil to a Japanese-Brazilian father and Italian-Brazilian mother, Tulio moved to Japan at age 15 to complete his high school studies. After graduation from Shibuya Makuhari High School in Chiba Prefecture in 2001, Tulio joined the J.League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

When Sanfrecce was relegated to J2 after his second season in 2002, he was loaned to fellow J2 side Mito Hollyhock. On October 10, 2003, Tulio obtained his Japanese citizenship. In 2004, after a season at Mito, Tulio returned to the J1, joining Urawa Reds and played for Japan at the 2004 Olympic games.

Tulio made his debut for the Japan's senior national team on August 9, 2006, against Trinidad and Tobago. He scored his first goal for Japan on November 15, 2006 in a 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia. After the strong performance in 2006 J. League season, which led Urawa to win their first ever J-League title, he received J-League Player of the Year. But he missed 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals due to an injury. His absence was a big blow to the Japan NT.

Tulio went on to score his second goal for the Japanese national team, on 22 August 2007, in an international friendly versus Cameroon - a header.

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[edit] National team career statistics

Last update: 14 Jan 2007

[edit] Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Apps Goals Team Record
Flag of Japan Japan 2004 Olympics U-23 3 0 Round 1
Flag of Japan Japan 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Senior 4 1 Qualified

[edit] Goals for senior national team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. November 15, 2006 Sapporo, Japan Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 3-1 Won 2007 Asian Cup qualification
2. August 22, 2007 Oita, Japan Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 2-0 Won friendly

[edit] Honours

[edit] Individual honours

[edit] Team honours

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Flag of Brazil Araújo		 J-League Player of the Year
2006		 Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil Robson Ponte
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Urawa Red Diamonds – current squad

1 Yamagishi • 2 Tsuboi • 3 Hosogai • 4 Tulio • 6 Yamada • 7 Takahara • 8 Alex • 9 Nagai • 10 Ponte • 11 Tanaka • 12 Tsutsumi • 13 Suzuki • 14 Hirakawa • 15 Escudero • 16 Soma • 17 Edmilson • 18 Koike • 19 Uchidate • 20 Horinouchi • 21 Umesaki • 22 Abe • 23 Tsuzuki • 24 Sakamoto • 25 Kondo • 26 Takasaki • 27 Nishizawa • 28 Kato • 29 Otani • 30 Okano • 31 Hashimoto • 32 Hayashi • Manager: Engels