![]() ![]() If you're earning nicknames from Pele, you're doing something right. Marta will undoubtedly go down as one of the best female players of all time, having broken so many records (for men and women) and been so prolific. Marta Vieira da Silva, commonly known as Marta, is a Brazilian football forward who plays for the Tyres FF of Damallsvenskan. All of this is without even mentioning her 6 FIFA World Player of the Year awards, her various Golden Boots and other individual awards that could fill an entire building. Of course, she then had her success with the national team, winning 2 Pan American Games (2003, 2007) and 3 Sudamericano Femenino competitions (2003, 2010, 2018). ![]() She has won 9 league championships across her time in the United States and Sweden, as well as 2 continental competitions in Europe and Brazil (UEFA Cup and Copa Libertadores). She played youth soccer at Centro Sportivo Alagoano in 1999. She was named the FIFA World Player of the Year five straight years from 2006 to 2010. Marta's trophy haul is one of the most impressive ever seen in the women's game (if not the most impressive outright). Forward who joined Brazils national team in 2002 and became the all-time leading scorer in Womens World Cup history. She left the Swedish club in 2008, playing for 8 different clubs including her present club of Orlando Pride. The longest stint was her most successful at Umea IK, where she would score 111 goals in 103 appearances. While Marta has been a staple of the Brazilian national side since the age of 16, she has never stayed with a club team for very long. She has been so successful for so long, that the legendary Pele even gave her the nickname "Pele in skirts". ![]() She has the most international goals for any Brazilian (male or female) and was the first footballer to score at 5 World Cups. Hailed as a football icon, she played as a forward for the United States womens national soccer team from 1987 to 2004. Marta Vieira da Silva (Marta) is one of the most successful female footballers ever, especially for those not from the United States. Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra (née Hamm born March 17, 1972) is an American former professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Womens World Cup champion. ![]()
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