Marta (footballer)
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Marta with the Orlando Pride in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marta Vieira da Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Orlando Pride | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999 | CSA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Santa Cruz | 38 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2008 | Umeå IK | 103 | (111) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Los Angeles Sol | 19 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | → Santos (loan) | 14 | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Gold Pride | 24 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Santos | 12 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Western New York Flash | 14 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Tyresö | 38 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Rosengård | 43 | (23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Orlando Pride | 118 | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Brazil U19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002– | Brazil | 214 | (122) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marta Vieira da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaʁtɐ viˈejɾɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Orlando Pride. Regarded by many as the greatest female footballer of all time,[2] she has been named FIFA World Player of the Year six times, five of them being consecutive (2006—2010), with the latest award coming in 2018.
Marta holds the record for being Brazil's top goalscorer with 122 goals. With 17 goals, Marta also holds the record for most goals scored in any World Cup, women’s or men's.[3] Moreover, she was the first footballer of any gender to score at five different World Cups,[4][a] and also the first footballer, female or male, to score at five consecutive Olympic Games.[6] She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver medal at the 2004, 2008 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She was also awarded the Golden Ball (MVP) at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship and won both the Golden Ball award as the best player and the Golden Boot award as the top scorer in the 2007 Women's World Cup after leading Brazil to the final of the tournament.
At the club level, Marta won the UEFA Women's Cup at Swedish club Umeå IK in 2004 and won seven Swedish league championships during her time playing for various teams in the country. In 2014, she was a UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up with Tyresö FF. She won two Women's Professional Soccer championships (2010, 2011), and in 2024, she helped Orlando Pride win its first National Women's Soccer League championship.
In January 2013, Marta was named one of the ambassadors of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. She also appeared in the Sveriges Television television documentary series The Other Sport from 2013. She helped carry the Olympic flag into the Maracanã Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] In 2019, she was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as a Sustainable Development Goals advocate. In Brazil she is nicknamed 'Rainha' ('Queen').[8][9]
- ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ *"The 20 greatest female football players of all time". The Guardian. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
*Grez, Martias (1 August 2023). "'I want to be like Marta': How Brazil's all-time record goalscorer became the greatest of all time and an 'icon' in her country". CNN. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
*"Ten women who became Seleção superstars". FIFA. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2025.Marta is, in the eyes of many, the greatest female footballer of them all.
*Panja, Tariq (8 June 2015). "Best-Ever Female Player Marta Misses Soccer's Millions". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2017. - ^ *"Marta: Brazil great makes history with 17th World Cup goal". CNN. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
*"Marta scores record 17th World Cup goal as Brazil advance to knockouts". France 24. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021. - ^ "Women's World Cup: Marta has record to rival Brazil legends Ronaldo and Pele". BBC Sport. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Christine Sinclair: Canada striker beats all-time record". BBC Sport. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 16 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Olympics: Soccer – Brazil's Marta scores in fifth Games running, Britain beat Chile". Reuters. 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "A Brazil-style Opening Ceremony!". International Olympic Committee. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Marta em Paris 2024: 10 números da Rainha em Jogos Olímpicos". International Olympic Committee (in Portuguese). 19 July 2024. Archived from the original on 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Marta mostra que não perdeu a majestade e salva Brasil na final da Copa América". FIFA (in Portuguese). 3 August 2025. Archived from the original on 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
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