Marta
Midfielder, Football player
1986 –
Who is Marta?
Marta Vieira da Silva, commonly known as Marta, is a Brazilian football forward who plays for the Tyresö FF of Damallsvenskan. She is also a member of the Brazil women's national football team.
She has been named FIFA World Player of the Year five consecutive times, in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 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 at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. In the 2007 Women's World Cup, she won both the Golden Ball award as the best player and the Golden Boot award as the top scorer. She also tops the all–time Women's World Cup goalscorer list alongside Birgit Prinz.
In January 2013 she was named as one of the six Ambassadors of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, others being Amarildo, Bebeto, Carlos Alberto Torres, Ronaldo and Mario Zagallo.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1986
Dois Riachos - Also known as
- Marta Vieira da Silva
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Lived in
- Alagoas
- Tyresö Municipality
- Dois Riachos
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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