Marta (footballer)
 Marta with the Orlando Pride in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Club 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) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | Brazil U19 | ||
| 2002–2024 | Brazil | 204 | (119) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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
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[change | change source] | This article does not have information about Note these statistics don't include her statistics from Umeå IK and Vasco da Gama women's team*. (June 2020) |
- As of 14 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Los Angeles Sol | 2009 | WPS | 20 | 10 | – | – | 20 | 10 | ||
| Santos | 2009 | Série A | – | 7 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |
| Gold Pride | 2010 | WPS | 25 | 20 | – | – | 25 | 20 | ||
| Santos | 2011 | Série A | – | – | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Western New York Flash | 2011 | WPS | 15 | 10 | – | – | 15 | 10 | ||
| Tyresö | 2012 | Damallsvenskan | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | – | 25 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 20 | ||
| 2014 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | |||
| Rosengård | 2014 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 18 | ||
| 2016 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 13 | ||
| Orlando Pride | 2017 | NWSL | 24 | 13 | – | – | 24 | 13 | ||
| 2018 | 17 | 4 | – | – | 17 | 4 | ||||
| 2019 | 14 | 6 | – | – | 14 | 6 | ||||
| 2020 | 4[a] | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | 23 | 4 | |||
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 4 | |||
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 247 | 126 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 25 | 316 | 182 | ||
Honours
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Umeå IK
- Damallsvenskan: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008[7]
- Svenska Cupen: 2007[8]
- UEFA Women's Cup: 2003–04;[7] runner-up: 2006–07, 2007–08[7]
Santos
FC Gold Pride
Western New York Flash
Tyresö FF
- Damallsvenskan: 2012[7]
- UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2013–14[7]
FC Rosengård
Brazil
- Pan American Games: 2003, 2007[7]
- Sudamericano Femenino: 2003, 2010, 2018[7][9]
- FIFA Women's World Cup runner-up: 2007[7]
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2004, 2008[7] 2024[10]
Individual
- FIFA World Player of the Year/The Best FIFA Women's Player[11] – Winner (6): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018
- The Best FIFA Women's Player – runner-up: 2016[12]
- FIFPro World XI: 2016, 2017, 2019,[13] 2021[14]
- Damallsvenskan Top Scorer: 2004, 2005, 2008[15]
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Golden Ball: 2004[7]
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot: 2007[16]
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball: 2007[16]
- FIFA Best Special Award: 2023[17]
- WPS Golden Boot: 2009,[7] 2010,[7] 2011[7]
- Michelle Akers Player of the Year Award: 2009,[18] 2010[19]
- Sudamericano Femenino Golden Boot: 2010[20]
- Sports Illustrated Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade (2000–2009) (#7)[21]
- IFFHS World's Best Woman Playmaker: 2012[22]
- IFFHS Women's World Team: 2018[23]
- IFFHS World's Best Woman Player of the Decade 2011–2020[24]
- IFFHS CONMEBOL Best Woman Player of the Decade 2011–2020[25]
- IFFHS World's Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[26]
- IFFHS CONMEBOL Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[27]
Records
- FIFA Women's World Cup all-time record goalscorer (17)[28]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "The 20 greatest female football players of all time". The Guardian. 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "10 Best Female Footballers of All Time". 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ "Women's World Cup 2015: who is Marta, who is the greatest footballers of all time, Marta, Matildas - Fox Sports". www.foxsports.com.au.
- ↑ Panja, Tariq (8 June 2015). "Best-Ever Female Player Marta Misses Soccer's Millions". Bloomberg.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 "How brilliant is Marta?". UEFA.com. 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "AIK - Umeå IK - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- ↑ "Brasil se coronó campeón invicto de la Copa América Femenina 2018". cafemchile2018.cl. 19 December 2023.
- ↑ Jurejko, Jonathan (10 August 2024). "Brazil 0-1 United States: Emma Hayes leads USA to Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Beaard, Raymond. "Las mejores futbolistas: el Once Mundial - FIFPro World Players' Union". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ↑ "The FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 Of 2021 - FIFPRO World Players' Union". FIFPRO.
- ↑ "Allsvenska skyttedrottningar 1982–." Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 28 March 2012. (in Swedish)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "FIFA Women's World Cup 2007™ - News - Marta sweeps the board". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019.
- ↑ "Incredible Marta honoured with FIFA Special Award". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ "Marta! Marta! Marta!: LA Sol Star Named FIFA Women's Player of the Year". Bleacher Report. December 22, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
- ↑ "FC Gold Pride's Marta is WPS most valuable player". The Mercury News. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". www.fifa.com.
- ↑ Lawrence, Andrew (22 December 2009). "2000s: Top 20 Female Athletes". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ↑ "Former Results". IFFHS. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "IFFHS AWARDS – THE WOMEN WORLD TEAM 2018". IFFHS.de. 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ↑ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 7 February 2021.
- ↑ "IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 2 February 2021.
- ↑ "IFFHS WORLD'S WOMAN TEAM OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 25 January 2021.
- ↑ "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.
- ↑ "Women's World Cup: Brazil forward Marta breaks men's and women's tournament goal record". BBC Sport. 19 June 2019.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official website
- WPS profile Archived 2011-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
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