# Marta Cox

Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal (born 20 July 1997) is a Panamanian professional women's football midfielder who plays for the Turkish Super League club Fenerbahçe, and Panama women's national team. She is nicknamed Keky.

## Personal life and early years

Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal was born in El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, Panama on 20 July 1997.
She started in football when she was only six years old at the local club Chorrillo FC. She was supported by her parents in her career. Her father kept supporting her also after her mother's death. At the age of 14, she debuted in the Panama national senior team.

## Club career

Cox is 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) tall, and plays in the midfielder/striker position.
She played in her country for Universitario (formerly Chorrillo FC) in the Liga de Fútbol Femenino. She then went abroad , and was with the clubs Cortuluá in Colombia and Indiana in the United States.

### Alajuelense

In the 2020–21 season, she was with Alajuelense in the Costa Rican Women's Premier Division. At the end of the season, she left the club for Mexico.

### León

In July 2021, Cox signed with Club León. In doing so, she became the first foreign player to join the Liga MX Femenil team.

### Pachuca

She played for Pachuca in the Liga MX Femenil, leaving the club at the end of 2023.

### Tijuana

She transferred to Tijuana, and played in the first halof the 2024–25 Liga MX Femenil season.

### Fenerbahçe

Mid January 2025, Cox moved to Turkey, and signed a one-and-half-year deal with the Istanbul-based club Fenerbahçe to start playing in the second half pf the 2024-25 Super League season.

## International career

Cox was admitted to the Panama national senior team when she was 14 years old.
She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.

## International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 22 May 2014 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Belize | 4–1 | 13–1 | 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 2. | 22 May 2014 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Belize | 5–1 | 13–1 | 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 3. | 22 May 2014 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Belize | 8–1 | 13–1 | 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 4. | 22 May 2014 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Belize | 11–1 | 13–1 | 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 5. | 14 December 2017 | Estadio Independencia, Estelí, Nicaragua | Nicaragua | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2017 Central American Games |
| 6. | 4 October 2018 | WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 7. | 3 August 2019 | Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru | Peru | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2019 Pan American Games |
| 8. | 4 October 2019 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Honduras | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification |
| 9. | 8 October 2019 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Guatemala | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification |
| 10. | 9 April 2022 | FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | Aruba | 5–0 | 9–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 11. | 9 April 2022 | FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | Aruba | 9–0 | 9–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 12. | 11 July 2022 | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship |
| 13. | 19 February 2023 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 14. | 9 April 2023 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Dominican Republic | 1–0 | 4–3 | Friendly |
| 15. | 26 June 2023 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 5–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 16. | 2 August 2023 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia | France | 1–0 | 3–6 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 17. | 20 September 2023 | Estadio Pensativo, Antigua, Guatemala | Guatemala | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
| 18. | 29 November 2023 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica | Jamaica | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |