MARTA

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Senior	2008	Beijing, CHN
2	Senior	2004	Athens, GRE
4	Senior	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6	Senior	2012	London, GBR

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Senior	2007	People's Republic of China
5	Senior	2011	Germany
5	Senior	2003	United States of America
9	Senior	2015	Canada
10	Senior	2019	France

Copa America

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	Chile

A Rainha [the Queen] (ebc.com.br, 19 Feb 2016)

Athlete

Partner Toni Pressley

English, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Orlando Pride [United States of America] since 2017

Marc Skinner [club], ENG; Pia Sundhage [national], SWE

Midfielder (selecao.cbf.com.br, 12 Jul 2016)

Left-footed (nwslsoccer.com, 06 Dec 2018)

Her partner Toni Pressley has represented United States of America in football at U23 level, and has played alongside Marta for Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States of America. (ussoccer.com, 07 Mar 2013; sportbuzz.uol.com.br, 19 Feb 2020)

2002 for Brazil (ebc.com.br, 19 Feb 2016)

A left thigh injury prevented her from taking part in a friendly tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with the national team in August 2019. (globoesporte.globo.com, 26 Aug 2019)

She missed Brazil's opening match against Jamaica at the 2019 World Cup in France due to a left hamstring injury. She returned for the second match against Australia. (agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br, 08 Jun 2019; globoesporte.globo.com, 13 Jun 2019)

Pain in her right thigh forced her to miss two friendly matches with the Brazilian national team in September 2018. (blogs.ne10.uol.com.br, 31 Aug 2018)

A calf muscle injury kept her out of competition for three weeks in June 2018. (globoesporte.globo.com, 05 Jun 2018)

National Women's Soccer League [USA] (globoesporte.globo.com, 08 May 2020)

She took up the sport at age seven in Dois Riachos, Brazil, where she played in the streets with the boys of her neighbourhood. At age 11 she joined the youth team of Centro Sportivo Alagoano in Brazil. "I was the only girl among the boys. I suffered many prejudices and heard a lot of nonsense because of it." (sfw.org.br, 28 Mar 2016)

She decided to try football for a change after playing futsal from a young age. She had previously played handball at regional level in Brazil. "I remember watching a women's football game on television. I put in my head that I would reach there. I told my mother, 'One day you will watch me playing on television'." (Pan Am Media Guide, 2003; globoesporte.globo.com, 09 Oct 2018)

Brazilian footballers Rivaldo and Ronaldinho. (olympic.org, 28 Feb 2012)

"Using football as a tool for social development is a major step towards transforming the reality of girls and boys around the world, especially in Brazil. Football has a huge power and knowing how to use all this passion to create opportunities for young people is something very precious, it gives me great pride to be part of it. On the pitch, many values of human life can be treated, such as gender equality, respect for differences, or youth leadership." (sfw.org.br, 28 Mar 2016)

She was voted FIFA World Player of the Year five years in a row from 2006-2010, and was voted the Best FIFA Women's Player in 2018. (fifa.com, 01 Jul 2016; globoesporte.globo.com, 24 Sep 2018)

She was named to the International Federation of Professional Footballers [FIFPro] Women's World XI for 2016 and 2017. (orlandocitysc.com, 01 Oct 2017)

She carried the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (odiamais.com.br, 06 Aug 2016)

She was named to the 2007 and 2011 World Cup All-Star Team. (orlandocitysc.com, 01 Oct 2017)

She was awarded the Golden Shoe and Golden Ball at the 2007 World Cup in People's Republic of China. (FIFA, 19 Apr 2008)

In 2007 her footprints were enshrined on the Maracana Stadium Walk of Fame in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (espn.com.br, 02 Dec 2018; latimes.com, 25 Feb 2009)