Marcus Tulio Tanaka

Marcus Tulio Tanaka

Personal information
Full name	Marcus Tulio Tanaka
Date of birth	April 24, 1981 (1981-04-24) (age 30)
Place of birth	Palmeira d'Oeste, SP, Brazil
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Nagoya Grampus
Number	4
Youth career
	Mirassol
1998–2000	Shibuya Makuhari High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	39	(2)
2003	→ Mito HollyHock (loan)	42	(10)
2004–2009	Urawa Red Diamonds	168	(37)
2010–	Nagoya Grampus	29	(6)
National team‡
2004	Japan U-23	7	(0)
2006–2010	Japan	43	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 07, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 07, 2011

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Murzani and the second or paternal family name is Tanaka.

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Tanaka".

Marcus "Tulio" Tanaka (田中 マルクス 闘莉王, Tanaka Marukusu Tūrio^?, born April 24, 1981 in Palmeira d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil), formerly name ; Marcus Túlio Lyuji Murzani Tanaka (until he obtained Japanese citizenship) is a Brazilian-born Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League Division 1 club Nagoya Grampus.

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.^[1] He played 168 games and scored 37 goals for his ex-club.^[2]

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.^[3] As Japan 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 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^[vague].

Position

He is an offensive centre back/Libero, who can score goals.

Career statistics

As of February 07, 2011

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		Asia		Total
2001	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J. League Division 1	17	1	-		5	0	-		22	1
2002			22	1	-		5	0	-		27	1
2003	Mito HollyHock	J. League Division 2	42	10	3	0	-		-		45	10
2004	Urawa Red Diamonds	J. League Division 1	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
2010	Nagoya Grampus		29	6	-		1	0	-		30	6
2011			27	4	0	0	2	2	5	0	34	6
Career total			305	59	9	0	35	6	19	1	366	66

• 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

Tulio is a regular for the Japan National Team. In a friendly match against England in Graz, he scored for both teams; an early goal to give Japan the lead, then an own goal to draw England level. (England went on to win 2-1)^[4]

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: 7

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

References

1. ^ Reuters (2009-12-22). "Japan star Tulio swaps Urawa Red Diamonds for Nagoya Grampus Eight - Global - ESPN Soccernet". Soccernet.espn.go.com. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=716796&sec=global&cc=3436. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
2. ^ "Tulio zu Nagoya Grampus". Transfermarkt.de. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/34108/tulio-zu-nagoya-grampus.html. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
3. ^ Barry Glendenning (30 May 2010). "Football: England v Japan - as it happened | Football | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/may/30/football-england-japan-friendly. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
4. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=15787

External links

• FIFA Statistics
• Japan national team profile
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Tanaka, Marcus Tulio
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Date of birth	24 April 1981
Place of birth	Palmeira d'Oeste, SP, Brazil
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