Marta (footballer)

**Marta Vieira da Silva** (; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as **Marta**, is a Brazilian
professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and formerly, the Brazil national team. Marta is widely regarded as the greatest female footballer of all time.

### Club

|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Club|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Season|scope="col" colspan="3"|League|scope="col" colspan="2"|Cup|scope="col" colspan="2"|Continental|scope="col" colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Los Angeles Sol|2009|WPS|20|10|–|–|20|10||||
|Santos|2009|Série A|–|7|18|6|7|13|25|||
|Gold Pride|2010|WPS|25|20|–|–|25|20||||
|Santos|2011|Série A|–|–|4|2|4|2||||
|Western New York Flash|2011|WPS|15|10|–|–|15|10||||
|rowspan="3"|Tyresö|2012|rowspan="6"|Damallsvenskan|21|12|4|4|–|25|16|
|2013|15|12|1|1|8|7|24|20||||
|2014|2|3|1|1|–|3|4|||||
|rowspan="3"|Rosengård|2014|9|5|5|2|6|4|20|11||
|2015|21|8|5|5|6|5|32|18||||
|2016|19|13|4|0|6|0|29|13||||
|rowspan="8"|Orlando Pride|2017|rowspan="8"|NWSL|24|13|–|–|24|13||
|2018|17|4|–|–|17|4||||||
|2019|14|6|–|–|14|6||||||
|2020|4|0|–|–|4|0||||||
|2021|19|4|4|0|–|23|4|||||
|2022|0|0|2|0|–|2|0|||||
|2023|18|4|0|0|–|18|4|||||
|2024|4|2|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|4|2||||

## Honours

**Umeå IK**
- Damallsvenskan: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Svenska Cupen: 2007
- UEFA Women's Cup: 2003–04; runner-up: 2006–07, 2007–08

**Santos**
- Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino: 2009
- Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino: 2009

**FC Gold Pride**
- WPS Championship: 2010

**Western New York Flash**
- WPS Championship: 2011

**Tyresö FF**
- Damallsvenskan: 2012
- UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2013–14

**FC Rosengård**
- Damallsvenskan: 2014, 2015

**Brazil**
- Pan American Games: 2003, 2007
- Sudamericano Femenino: 2003, 2010, 2018
- FIFA Women's World Cup runner-up: 2007
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2004, 2008 2024

**Individual**
- FIFA World Player of the Year/The Best FIFA Women's Player – Winner (6): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018
- The Best FIFA Women's Player – runner-up: 2016
- FIFPro World XI: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
- Damallsvenskan Top Scorer: 2004, 2005, 2008
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Golden Ball: 2004
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot: 2007
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball: 2007
- FIFA Best Special Award: 2023
- WPS Golden Boot: 2009, 2010, 2011
- Michelle Akers Player of the Year Award: 2009, 2010
- Sudamericano Femenino Golden Boot: 2010
- _Sports Illustrated_ Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade (2000–2009) (#7)
- IFFHS World's Best Woman Playmaker: 2012
- IFFHS Women's World Team: 2018
- IFFHS World's Best Woman Player of the Decade 2011–2020
- IFFHS CONMEBOL Best Woman Player of the Decade 2011–2020
- IFFHS World's Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020
- IFFHS CONMEBOL Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

**Records**
- FIFA Women's World Cup all-time record goalscorer (17)

## Other websites

- WPS profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Marta
- **image**: NC Courage vs Orlando Pride (Jun 2024) 073 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Marta with the Orlando Pride in 2024
- **full name**: Marta Vieira da Silva
- **birth place**: Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
- **height**: 1.62 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Orlando Pride
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthclubs1**: Centro Sportivo Alagoano, CSA
- **youthyears1**: 1999
- **years1**: 2000–2002
- **clubs1**: CR Vasco da Gama (women's football), Vasco da Gama
- **caps1**: 16
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 2002–2004
- **clubs2**: Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (Belo Horizonte), Santa Cruz
- **caps2**: 38
- **goals2**: 16
- **years3**: 2004–2008
- **clubs3**: Umeå IK
- **caps3**: 103
- **goals3**: 111
- **years4**: 2009
- **clubs4**: Los Angeles Sol
- **caps4**: 19
- **goals4**: 10
- **years5**: 2009–2010
- **clubs5**: → Santos FC (ladies), Santos (loan)
- **caps5**: 14
- **goals5**: 26
- **years6**: 2010
- **clubs6**: FC Gold Pride, Gold Pride
- **caps6**: 24
- **goals6**: 19
- **years7**: 2011
- **clubs7**: Santos FC (ladies), Santos
- **caps7**: 12
- **goals7**: 13
- **years8**: 2011
- **clubs8**: Western New York Flash
- **caps8**: 14
- **goals8**: 10
- **years9**: 2012–2014
- **clubs9**: Tyresö FF, Tyresö
- **caps9**: 38
- **goals9**: 27
- **years10**: 2014–2017
- **clubs10**: FC Rosengård, Rosengård
- **caps10**: 43
- **goals10**: 23
- **years11**: 2017–
- **clubs11**: Orlando Pride
- **caps11**: 104
- **goals11**: 36
- **nationalyears1**: 2002
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil women's national under-20 football team, Brazil U19
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil women's national football team, Brazil
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2024
- **nationalcaps2**: 204
- **nationalgoals2**: List of international goals scored by Marta, 119
- **club-update**: 6 July 2024
- **nationalteam-update**: 10 August 2024