Marcus Tulio Tanaka

Marcus Túlio Tanaka
田中マルクス闘莉王
	Tulio with Japan in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Túlio Lyuji Murzani Tanaka
Date of birth	24 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Palmeira d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1997	Mirassol
1998–2000	Shibuya Makuhari High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2002	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2003	Mito HollyHock
2004–2009	Urawa Red Diamonds
2010–2016	Nagoya Grampus
2017–2019	Kyoto Sanga
Total
International career
2004	Japan U23
2006–2010	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Red Diamonds
Nagoya Grampus
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcus Túlio Tanaka (田中マルクス闘莉王, Tanaka Marukusu Tūrio, born Marcus Túlio Lyuji Murzani Tanaka on 24 April 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.^[1] Born in Brazil, he represented Japan at international level.

Club career

Born in Palmeira d'Oeste, Brazil to an Italian Brazilian mother and second generation Japanese Brazilian father, Tulio moved to Japan at age 15 to complete his high school studies.^[2] After graduation from Shibuya Makuhari High School in Chiba Prefecture in 2001, Tulio joined the J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. In the opening game of the 2001 season on 11 March, he debuted as substitute defender in the tenth minute, replacing the injured Tony Popovic, and scored a goal in the 16th minute.^[1]^[3] After the debut, he played many matches as centre-back in two seasons. Sanfrecce was relegated to J2 League end of 2002 season.

In 2003, Tulio moved to fellow J2 League side Mito HollyHock. On 10 October 2003, he received approval to naturalise as a Japanese citizen.^[4] Playing as a centre-back, he scored ten goals in the 2003 season.

In 2004, after a season at Mito, Tulio returned to the J1 League, joining Urawa Red Diamonds. After the strong performance in 2006 season, which led Urawa to win their first ever J1 League title, he received J.League Most Valuable Player. In 2007, Urawa won their first Asian champions in AFC Champions League. 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.^[5] He played 168 games and scored 37 goals in 6 seasons and was selected in the team's Best Eleven every season.

In his first season in Nagoya, Nagoya won the champions in 2010 J1 League first time in the club history. Nagoya also won the 2nd place in 2011 season. On 9 January 2016, Nagoya Grampus announced that the club and Tulio were parting ways.^[6] Nearly nine months later, on 28 August 2016, Tulio re-signed for Nagoya Grampus under new manager Boško Gjurovski,^[7] before leaving Nagoya Grampus at the end of the 2016 season upon the expiration of his contract.^[8]

In the off-season of the 2016–17 season, at the age of 35, Tulio signed with J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC.^[9]

International career

Tulio obtained his Japanese citizenship on 10 October 2003.^[4] He played for the Japan U23 national team at the 2004 Olympic Games. He played as centre-back in full time in all three matches.

Tulio made his debut for the Japan's senior national team on 9 August 2006, against Trinidad and Tobago.^[10] He scored his first goal for Japan on 15 November 2006 in a 2007 Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia.^[10]

He missed the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals due to injury. His absence was a big blow to the Japan national team.

He was selected for the Japan national team for 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 30 May, 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.^[11] As Japan's captain Yuji Nakazawa later also scored an own goal, the game finished 2–1 for England. On 4 June, he scored for Ivory Coast 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 a high challenge from Tulio.

At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he played full time in all four matches as center back with Yuji Nakazawa.^[10] Japan qualified to the knockout stage. This tournament was his last performance for Japan. He played 43 games and scored 8 goals for Japan.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2019 season^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[13]
Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		AFC		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2001	J1 League	17	1	0	0	5	0	–		22	1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2002	J1 League	22	1	0	0	5	0	–		27	1
Mito HollyHock	2003	J2 League	42	10	3	0	–		–		45	10
Urawa Red Diamonds	2004	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	0	0	10^[a]	0	37	3
	2008		31	11	1	0	1	0	4	1	37	12
	2009		31	4	0	0	1	1	–		32	5
Nagoya Grampus	2010	J1 League	29	6	0	0	1	0	–		30	6
	2011		31	6	0	0	2	2	5	0	38	8
	2012		33	9	3	3	2	1	5	2	43	15
	2013		27	3	0	0	4	1	–		31	4
	2014		31	7	4	2	4	3	–		39	12
	2015		30	5	0	0	6	2	–		36	7
	2016		7	0	0	0	0	0	–		7	0
Kyoto Sanga FC	2017	J2 League	31	15	0	0	–		–		31	15
	2018		31	4	0	0	–		–		31	4
	2019		30	0	0	0	–		–		30	0
Career total			529	104	16	5	51	13	24	3	620	125

^ Two appearances at FIFA Club World Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2006	5	1
	2007	4	1
	2008	10	2
	2009	13	2
	2010	11	2
Total		43	8

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tulio goal.

List of international goals scored by Marcus Tulio Tanaka
No.	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, Ōita, Japan	Cameroon	1–0	2–0	Friendly match (2007 Kirin Challenge Cup)
3	14 June 2008	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	19 November 2008	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	3–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	17 June 2009	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	Australia	1–0	1–2	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

Honours

Urawa Red Diamonds

Nagoya Grampus

Japan

Kirin Cup: 2007, 2008, 2009

Individual

Japanese Footballer of the Year: 2006
J.League Most Valuable Player: 2006
J.League Best Eleven: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
J.League 30th Anniversary Team^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b Marcus Tulio Tanaka at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
^ "Brazilian Samurai ready to rumble for Japan". Zimbio. 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
^ J.League
^ ^a ^b "サッカー＝日系３人目の代表か?!＝トゥーリオの帰化認可＝アテネ五輪にも期待大＝祖父が広島、祖母は富山". Nikkey Shimbun. 15 October 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Japan star Tulio swaps Urawa Red Diamonds for Nagoya Grampus Eight – Global". ESPN Soccernet. Reuters. 22 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
^ Nagoya Grampus(in Japanese)
^ 田中マルクス闘莉王選手、加入記者会見 (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ 田中マルクス闘莉王選手、契約満了のお知らせ (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ "Kyoto Sanga finalize deal with Tulio". Japan Times. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Japan National Football Team Database
^ Barry Glendenning (30 May 2010). "Football: England v Japan – as it happened". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
^ Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.
^ "Yasuhito Endo named J-League 30-year MVP, Kazuyoshi Miura, Shunsuke Nakamura in best XI". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

External links

Marcus Tulio Tanaka – FIFA competition record (archived)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Marcus Tulio Tanaka at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Japan national team profile
Profile at Kyoto Sanga FC

[14] Two appearances at FIFA Club World Cup

[J.League_player-1] Marcus Tulio Tanaka at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[2] "Brazilian Samurai ready to rumble for Japan". Zimbio. 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[3] J.League

[NikkeyShimbun20031015-4] "サッカー＝日系３人目の代表か?!＝トゥーリオの帰化認可＝アテネ五輪にも期待大＝祖父が広島、祖母は富山". Nikkey Shimbun. 15 October 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[5] "Japan star Tulio swaps Urawa Red Diamonds for Nagoya Grampus Eight – Global". ESPN Soccernet. Reuters. 22 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

[6] Nagoya Grampus(in Japanese)

[7] 田中マルクス闘莉王選手、加入記者会見 (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[8] 田中マルクス闘莉王選手、契約満了のお知らせ (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[9] "Kyoto Sanga finalize deal with Tulio". Japan Times. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[nationalteam-10] Japan National Football Team Database

[11] Barry Glendenning (30 May 2010). "Football: England v Japan – as it happened". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

[12] Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)

[13] Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.

[15] "Yasuhito Endo named J-League 30-year MVP, Kazuyoshi Miura, Shunsuke Nakamura in best XI". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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