Marta
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About
Forward who joined Brazil's national team in 2002 and became the all-time leading scorer in Women's World Cup history. She was named the FIFA World Player of the Year five straight years from 2006 to 2010. In 2017, she became a Swedish citizen.
Before fame
She played youth soccer at Centro Sportivo Alagoano in 1999.
Trivia
In 2009, Sports Illustrated named her the seventh-greatest women's athlete of the 2000s.
Family life
Her parents are named Aldario and Tereza. She was engaged to soccer player Toni Pressley in January 2021, but the engagement was later called off. In 2022, she began dating soccer player Carrie Lawrence. They announced their engagement in August 2024 and married in January 2026.
Associated with
She surpassed Birgit Prinz as the all-time leading scorer at the Women's World Cup when she scored her 15th goal in 2015.
