Túlio Costa

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Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa (born June 2, 1969, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil), sometimes simply nicknamed Túlio or Túlio Maravilha for his great creativity on the field, Tulio is a veteran Brazilian international football (soccer) forward.

Túlio Costa, 1.75 meters tall, played for club teams Goiás, Sion (Switzerland), Botafogo, Corinthians, Vitória, Fluminense, Cruzeiro, Vila Nova, São Caetano, Santa Cruz, Újpest FC (Hungary), Wilstermann (Bolívia), Anapolina, Volta Redonda, Juventude, Tupy-ES, Fast, Itauçuense and Canedense. He won the Brazilian championship (Campeonato Brasileiro Série A) in 1995 and a cup known as Taça Cidade Maravilhosa in 1996, and scored more than 800 career goals.

Túlio was famous for scoring the controversial equalizer against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1995 Copa America in Uruguay. With about ten minutes remaining in regulation time, Túlio brought down a cross with his arm, while in an off-side position, before shooting the goal into the Argentinean net to draw the match at 2-2. Brazil advanced to the next round at the expense of Argentina as a result of winning a penalty kick shootout.

In a match against Trindade, Túlio scored the 700th goal of his career while playing with Canedense.

In 2003, he posed nude with a full erection in the Brazilian adult magazine G Magazine.

Preceded by Nílson	Brazilian Championship Top Scorer 1989	Succeeded by Charles
Preceded by Guga	Brazilian Championship Top Scorer with Márcio Amoroso (1994) 1994, 1995	Succeeded by Renaldo & Paulo Nunes