Marcus Tulio Tanaka’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Japanese footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Brazil 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 24 April 1981, Palmeira d’Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil
Age: 39 years
Stats
Height: 185
Weight: 82

Marcus Tulio Tanaka (田中 マルクス 闘莉王, Tanaka Marukusu Tūrio, born Marcus Túlio Lyuji Murzani Tanaka on 24 April 1981), commonly known as Tulio, is a Japanese footballer who is playing as the starting center back for the J2 League club Kyoto Sanga FC.

Career

Born in Palmeira d’Oeste, Brazil to a second generation 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 J. League Division 2 after his second season in 2002, he was loaned to fellow J. League Division 2 side Mito Hollyhock. On 10 October 2003, Tulio obtained his Japanese citizenship. In 2004, after a season at Mito, Tulio returned to the J. League Division 1, joining Urawa Reds and played for Japan at the 2004 Olympic games.

Tulio made his debut for the Japan’s senior national team on 9 August 2006, against Trinidad and Tobago. He scored his first goal for Japan on 15 November 2006 in a 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia. After the strong performance in 2006 season, which led Urawa to win their first ever J. League Division 1 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. On 17 July 2008, he scored his first hat-trick in J. League Division 1 in a league game against Tokyo Verdy. On 22 December 2009, after falling out with the management at Urawa as he was deployed in an unfamiliar position at the back, Tulio joined Nagoya Grampus. He played 168 games and scored 37 goals for his ex-club.

On 30 May 2010, he scored for Japan against England in the 7th minute of a World Cup warm-up, and also scored for England against Japan in the form of an own goal 67 minutes later. As Japan’s captain Yuji Nakazawa later did the same thing, the game finished 2–1 for England.

On 4 June 2010, he scored for Côte d’Ivoire against Japan in the form of an own goal in the 13th minute of a friendly match. Three minutes later, he injured Côte d’Ivoire attacker Didier Drogba’s elbow which was fractured by high challenge from Tulio.

He was a playmaker in his younger days, whose passes and headers helped his team score goals.

On 9 January 2016, Nagoya Grampus announced that the club and Tulio are parting ways. Nearly nine-months later, on 28 August 2016, Tulio re-signed for Nagoya Grampus, before leaving Nagoya Grampus at the end of the 2016 season upon the expatriation of his contract.

In the offseason of 2016-17 at the age of 35 Tulio signed with J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 July 2017
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor’s Cup League Cup AFC Total
2001 Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 17 1 – 5 0 – 22 1
2002 22 1 – 5 0 – 27 1
Total 39 2 – 10 0 – 49 2
2003 Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock J2 League 42 10 3 0 – – 45 10
Total 42 10 3 0 – – 45 10
2004 Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds J1 League 21 3 1 0 6 1 – 28 4
2005 26 9 2 0 7 1 – 35 10
2006 33 7 1 0 7 1 – 41 8
2007 26 3 1 0 – 10* 0 37 3
2008 31 11 1 0 1 0 4 1 37 12
2009 31 4 – 1 1 – 32 5
Total 168 37 6 0 22 4 14 1 210 42
2010 Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus J1 League 29 6 – 1 0 – 30 6
2011 31 6 – 2 2 5 0 38 8
2012 33 9 3 3 2 1 5 2 43 15
2013 27 3 – 4 1 – 31 4
2014 28 7 4 2 4 3 – 36 12
2015 30 5 – 6 2 – 36 7
2016 7 0 – 0 0 – 7 0
Total 185 36 7 5 19 9 10 2 221 52
2017 Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga J2 League 18 12 – 0 0 – 18 12
Total 18 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 12
Career total 452 97 16 5 51 13 24 3 533 112
  • Includes 2 matches at FIFA Club World Cup
Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2006 5 1
2007 4 1
2008 10 2
2009 13 2
2010 11 2
Total 43 8

National team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
 Japan 2004 Summer Olympics U-23 3 0 0 Round 1
 Japan 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Senior 4 0 1 Qualified
 Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Senior 8 0 3 Qualified
 Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup Senior 4 0 0 Round 16

Goals for senior national team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 November 2006 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan  Saudi Arabia 1–0 3–1 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2. 22 August 2007 Kyushu Sekiyu Dome, Oita, Japan  Cameroon 1–0 2–0 Friendly match (2007 Kirin Challenge Cup)
3. 14 June 2008 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Thailand 0–1 0–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 19 November 2008 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Qatar 0–3 0–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 17 June 2009 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia  Australia 0–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 8 October 2009 Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan  Hong Kong 4–0 6–0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7. 11 February 2010 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  Hong Kong 2–0 3–0 2010 East Asian Football Championship
8. 30 May 2010 UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria  England 1–0 1–2 Friendly match

Awards and honours

Japan

  • Kirin Cup: 3
2007, 2008, 2009

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds
  • AFC Champions League: 1
2007
  • J. League Division 1: 1
2006
  • Emperor’s Cup: 2
2005, 2006
  • Japanese Super Cup: 1
2006
Nagoya Grampus
  • J. League Division 1: 1
2010
  • Japanese Super Cup: 1
2011

Individual

  • Japanese Footballer of the Year: 1
2006
  • J. League Most Valuable Player: 1
2006
  • J. League Best Eleven: 9
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
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