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Marta (footballer)

Marta
Marta Vieira da Silva 2013.jpg
Marta in 2013
Personal information
Full name Marta Vieira da Silva
Date of birth (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 31)
Place of birth Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
FC Rosengård
Number 10
Youth career
1999 Centro Sportivo Alagoano
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– FC Rosengård 43 (23)
National team
2002 Brazil U-19
2002– Brazil 101 (105)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 August 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:55, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Marta Vieira da Silva (born 19 February 1986), commonly known as Marta, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan 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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