Photo: Thiago Souza / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Túlio Maravilha makes me smile before I even start writing. A Goiânia-born striker who literally carried the word Maravilha, wonder, in his name, he barnstormed through Goiás, Botafogo, Corinthians, Fluminense and Cruzeiro as a born goal-poacher. What I love is the obsession behind his vow to score a thousand career goals, chasing it into improbably late seasons long after most forwards retire; it is showmanship and stubbornness fused into one career. His later turn to politics reads, to me, as a man trying to pour the pitch's warmth and popularity back into his home region. He is Brazilian football's joyful, relentless romantic.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Túlio Maravilha
- Name (Japanese)
- トゥーリオ・マラヴィーリャ
- Reading
- とぅーりお・まらゔぃーりゃ
- Born
- June 2, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Politician — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.