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Marta is a Brazilian soccer player born in 1986 who is widely recognized as one of the greatest female footballers of all time. She matters because of her exceptional skill, record-breaking career achievements, and significant impact on women's soccer globally.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marta
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Dois Riachos
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Western New York Flash
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 58
- Official website
- www.marta10.com
- Image
- NC Courage vs Orlando Pride (Jun 2024) 073 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 162
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- first family name in Portuguese name
- Vieira
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon
- sport number
- 10
- Commons category
- Marta Vieira da Silva
- date of birth
- 1986-02-19
- birth name
- Marta Vieira da Silva
- Commons gallery
- Marta Vieira da Silva
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- lifestyle
- veganism
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- ethnic group
- African Brazilians
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:59, 25 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 August 2024
Marta Vieira da Silva ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaʁtɐ viˈejɾɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian-Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Orlando Pride and captains the Brazil women's national team. Regarded by many as the greatest female footballer of all time, she has been named FIFA World Player of the Year six times, five of them being consecutive (2006—2010), with the latest award coming in 2018.
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