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Marta

Brazil

19 February 1986

forward

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Marta , 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, 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. Moreover, she was the first footballer of any gender to score at five different World Cups, and also the first footballer, female or male, to score at five consecutive Olympic Games. 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. 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').

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📋 Profile & Career

: Marta with the Orlando Pride in 2024

⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Marta Vieira da Silva
Date of birth: (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth: Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
Height: 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s): Forward

⚽ Team information:
Current team: Orlando Pride
Number: 10

⚽ Youth career:
1999: CSA

⚽ Senior career*:
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)

⚽ International career‡:
2002: Brazil U19
2002–: Brazil 214 (122)