Juventus striker Eni Aluko was one of many to congratulate Marta on social media 'She changed people's minds' about women's football The Brazil skipper became the first player to score in five separate World Cups in their defeat by Australia last Thursday, before netting her second goal of this summer's event against Italy, and now has 106 senior international goals. She won Olympic silver medals with her country in 20, as well as reaching four European finals at club level. The six-time world player of the year, who won the World Cup golden ball as top scorer at the 2007 tournament, has also been a runner-up in the annual global player awards five times. Marta has now scored more than a quarter of all of her country's Women's World Cup goals.
Casey Stoney column - managing in the men's game.This summer's winners will receive half the amount awarded to men's teams who were eliminated in last summer's group stage. Her comments come during a tournament which has a total pot of £24m for prize money - double 2015's figure.īut that is still a long way short of the total of £315m in prize money awarded at the 2018 men's World Cup. "This is a struggle for equality across the board." Let me be clear, this is not only in sport. "All the teams here, we are all representing. "We are trying to represent women and show how women can play any type of role," she said. Marta's second-half penalty moved her ahead of Germany striker Miroslav Klose, who scored 16 goals. The SDG are 17 global goals set with hopes of making the world a better place, and 17 advocates were appointed to help accomplish it."The feeling is a joyful one, not only for breaking the record but for being able to represent women in doing so," she told BBC Sport.īrazil's win puts them through to the knockout stages in France. She was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as a Sustainable Development Goals advocate. In August 2016, Marta was one of the eight to carry the Olympic Flag in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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She also appeared in the Sveriges Television television documentary series The Other Sport from 2013. In January 2013, she was named one of the six Ambassadors of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, alongside Amarildo, Bebeto, Carlos Alberto Torres, Ronaldo and Mario Zagallo. She was also awarded the Golden Ball ( MVP) at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship and won both the Golden Ball award as the best player and the Golden Boot award as the top scorer in the 2007 Women's World Cup after leading Brazil to the final of the tournament.Īt a club level, Marta won the UEFA Women's Cup at Swedish club Umeå IK in 2004 and won seven Swedish league championships during her time playing for various teams in the country. She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver medal at the 20 Summer Olympics. Moreover, she was the first footballer of any gender to score at five World Cup editions, a feat matched by Christine Sinclair in 2019 and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2022, and also the first female footballer to score at five consecutive Olympic Games. With 17 goals, Marta also holds the record for most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup tournament (women's or men's). Marta holds the record for being Brazil's top international goalscorer of any gender, with 115 goals. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2023 *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2021
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