Marta (footballer)

Marta
Marta with the Orlando Pride in 2024
Personal information
Full name Marta Vieira da Silva[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986
Place of birth Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
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 104 (36)
International career‡
2002 Brazil U19
2002–2024 Brazil 204 (119)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens
Silver medal – second place2008 Beijing
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo Domingo
Gold medal – first place2007 Rio de Janeiro
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024

Marta Vieira da Silva (pt; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and formerly, the Brazil national team. Marta is widely regarded as the greatest female footballer of all time.[2][3][4][5][6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Los Angeles Sol 2009 WPS 2010––2010
Santos 2009 Série A –718671325
Gold Pride 2010 WPS 2520––2520
Santos 2011 Série A ––4242
Western New York Flash 2011 WPS 1510––1510
Tyresö 2012 Damallsvenskan 211244–2516
2013 151211872420
2014 2311–34
Rosengård 2014 9552642011
2015 21855653218
2016 191340602913
Orlando Pride 2017 NWSL 2413––2413
2018 174––174
2019 146––146
2020 4[a]0––40
2021 19440–234
2022 0020–20
2023 18400–184
2024 4 2 – – 4 2
Career total 24712633313625316182
  1. ↑ NWSL Fall Series

Honours

Marta during the 2014 Match Against Poverty in Bern, Switzerland

Umeå IK

Santos

  • Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino: 2009[7]
  • Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino: 2009[7]

FC Gold Pride

  • WPS Championship: 2010[7]

Western New York Flash

  • WPS Championship: 2011[7]

Tyresö FF

FC Rosengård

  • Damallsvenskan: 2014, 2015[7]

Brazil

Individual

Records

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ Grez, Matias (August 1, 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 9 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "The 20 greatest female football players of all time". The Guardian. 3 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "10 Best Female Footballers of All Time". 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Women's World Cup 2015: who is Marta, who is the greatest footballers of all time, Marta, Matildas - Fox Sports". www.foxsports.com.au.
  6. ↑ Panja, Tariq (8 June 2015). "Best-Ever Female Player Marta Misses Soccer's Millions". Bloomberg.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "How brilliant is Marta?". UEFA.com. 7 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "AIK - Umeå IK - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  9. ↑ "Brasil se coronó campeón invicto de la Copa América Femenina 2018". cafemchile2018.cl. 19 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Jurejko, Jonathan (10 August 2024). "Brazil 0-1 United States: Emma Hayes leads USA to Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Luka Modric named best male player and Marta best female player at Fifa awards". BBC News/Sport/Football. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Best FIFA Football Awards - Results" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  13. ↑ Beaard, Raymond. "Las mejores futbolistas: el Once Mundial - FIFPro World Players' Union". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "The FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 Of 2021 - FIFPRO World Players' Union". FIFPRO. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  15. ↑ "Allsvenska skyttedrottningar 1982–." Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 28 March 2012. (in Swedish)
  16. 1 2 "FIFA Women's World Cup 2007™ - News - Marta sweeps the board". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019.
  17. ↑ "Incredible Marta honoured with FIFA Special Award". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Marta! Marta! Marta!: LA Sol Star Named FIFA Women's Player of the Year". Bleacher Report. December 22, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  19. ↑ "FC Gold Pride's Marta is WPS most valuable player". The Mercury News. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  20. ↑ "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". www.fifa.com.
  21. ↑ Lawrence, Andrew (22 December 2009). "2000s: Top 20 Female Athletes". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  22. ↑ "Former Results". IFFHS. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "IFFHS AWARDS – THE WOMEN WORLD TEAM 2018". IFFHS.de. 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  24. ↑ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 7 February 2021.
  25. ↑ "IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 2 February 2021.
  26. ↑ "IFFHS WORLD'S WOMAN TEAM OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 25 January 2021.
  27. ↑ "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.
  28. ↑ "Women's World Cup: Brazil forward Marta breaks men's and women's tournament goal record". BBC Sport. 19 June 2019.

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