Football · Brazil · 1986–
Marta Life & Career Timeline
Goals, longevity and a voice that transformed women’s football.
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Marta Vieira da Silva became Brazil’s defining women’s footballer, a six-time FIFA world player and the leading scorer in Women’s World Cup history.
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Born in Dois Riachos
Marta Vieira da Silva grew up playing football in a place where girls had few formal opportunities in the sport.
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Source: www.fifa.comLeaves home to pursue football
At fourteen she travelled to Rio and began the path into organised club football.
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Source: www.fifa.comBrazil senior debut
Marta entered the senior national team and quickly became central to a new Brazilian generation.
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Source: www.fifa.comFirst Women’s World Cup
She scored three times at her first World Cup, beginning an unmatched run across the tournament.
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Source: www.fifa.comOlympic silver in Athens
Brazil reached its first Olympic women’s football final, with Marta emerging as a global star.
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Source: olympics.comEuropean breakthrough with Umeå
Marta helped Umeå IK win the UEFA Women’s Cup and flourished in Swedish club football.
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Source: www.uefa.comFirst FIFA world player award
She won the first of five consecutive FIFA World Player of the Year awards.
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Source: www.fifa.comGolden Ball and Golden Boot
Marta led Brazil to the World Cup final and left with both major individual tournament awards.
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Source: www.fifa.comSecond Olympic silver
Brazil again reached the Olympic final, confirming its place among the world’s strongest sides.
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Source: olympics.comMVP in the new US league
Marta starred for Los Angeles Sol and was named the first WPS Most Valuable Player.
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Source: www.fifa.comCopa Libertadores champion
A successful spell with Santos included the inaugural women’s Copa Libertadores title.
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Source: www.conmebol.comBrazil captains a new era
Her leadership and longevity increasingly matched her scoring influence for Brazil.
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Source: www.fifa.comJoins Orlando Pride
Marta joined the NWSL and made Orlando the longest club chapter of her career.
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Source: www.orlandocitysc.comWorld Cup scoring record
Her seventeenth World Cup goal made her the competition’s all-time leading scorer, men’s or women’s at the time.
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Source: www.fifa.comScores at a fifth Olympics
Marta became the first footballer to score at five consecutive Olympic Games.
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Source: olympics.comSixth World Cup
She appeared at a sixth World Cup, extending a career that spans generations of the women’s game.
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Source: www.fifa.comOlympic silver in Paris
Brazil reached another Olympic final and Marta collected a third silver medal.
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Source: olympics.comThe first FIFA Marta Award
FIFA named its new annual award for the best goal in women’s football after Marta—and she won the inaugural prize.
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Marta Vieira da Silva became Brazil’s defining women’s footballer, a six-time FIFA world player and the leading scorer in Women’s World Cup history.
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