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Staphylococcus infection was the most common organism found in in-fection of athletics, and tuberculosis (TB) was rare. Although genitouri-nary tuberculosis (GUTB) was the most common subtype of extrapul-monary tuberculosis (EPTB) in the past, it was recently reported to ac-count for less than 0.5% of all patients with EPTB and 1.5% of all patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). And, there are few cases reported about concomitant tuberculous infection of testis and prostate. Pubic pain is a common symptom in soccer player and its cause can be diffi-cult to determine. A 25-yr-old male soccer player presented with per-sistent pubic pain of unknown origin. Incidentally, right testicular mass was detected on physical examination. Computed tomography revealed a multiple enlarged retroperitoneal lymph nodes. Under the clinical di-agnosis of a right testicular tumor, right radical inguinal orchiectomy was performed. And prostate biopsy was performed due to elevated serum prostate specific antigen (PSA). Pathologic examination confirmed con- comitant TB of testis and prostate.