Marta (football)
Marta in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marta Vieira da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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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 | (210) |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Sol | 19 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | → Santos (loan) | 14 | (26) |
| 2010 | FC Gold Pride | 24 | (19) |
| 2011 | Santos | 12 | (13) |
| 2011 | Western New York Flash | 14 | (10) |
| 2012–2014 | Tyresö FF | 38 | (27) |
| 2014–2017 | FC Rosengård | 43 | (23) |
| 2017– | Orlando Pride | 24 | (14) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | Brazil U-19 | ||
| 2002– | Brazil | 133 | (110) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 November 2017 |
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Marta Vieira da Silva (born 19 February 1986), commonly known as Marta, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League and the Brazil national team as a forward. With 15 goals, she holds the record for most goals scored at FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments, surpassing Birgit Prinz's previous record of 14 with a goal against South Korea in Brazil's first match of the 2015 edition in Canada.
Marta is often regarded as the best female player of all time, coveting the nickname Pele with skirts by Pele himself. She was named FIFA World Player of the Year five consecutive times between 2006 and 2010. She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver medal at the 2004 and 2008 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.
In January 2013 she was named as one of the six Ambassadors of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, alongside Amarildo, Bebeto, Carlos Alberto Torres, Ronaldo and Mario Zagallo. She also appeared in the Sveriges Television television documentary series The Other Sport from 2013.
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