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Marta Vieira da Silva
b. 1986
Known For
athletichistoricalcultural
Not yet included in personality matching — the documented evidence doesn't yet cover enough of the personality model. Everything else on this page is fully available.
Trait Constellation
Key Achievements
She is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year (2006-2010 and 2018) and the Women's World Cup's record goalscorer with 17 goals, a tally FIFA states is the most in either the men's or women's tournament.
She is Brazil's all-time leading scorer with 122 goals and led the team to the 2007 World Cup final, where she won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot, and to Olympic silver medals in 2004, 2008 and 2024.
ESPN reports that she was the first Brazilian woman to play abroad when she joined Umea in Sweden; she later became a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for women and girls in sport and received the FIFA Special Award in 2023, with a FIFA award now named after her.
Moments That Reveal Them
After Brazil's 2019 World Cup exit she gave an unplanned televised appeal to younger players, saying women's football 'depends on you to survive' and that there would not be a Marta or a Formiga forever.
This is consistent with a motivation to improve the game for those who follow her. Impact Motivation
At 14 she took a three-day bus journey from Dois Riachos to Rio de Janeiro for a trial at Vasco da Gama and was accepted.
This is consistent with a willingness to take a leap toward a professional career. Risk Tolerance
Turning Points
In 2004, at 17, she left Brazil for Umea in northern Sweden after scouting at the 2003 World Cup, which ESPN describes as the first time a Brazilian woman had played abroad, and became a leading player there.
This is consistent with an ability to adapt to a very different setting. Adaptability
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Sources
- Marta (Q228616), verified live via the Wikidata API (2026-10-28): label 'Marta', description 'Brazilian footballer (born 1986)', born 19 February 1986, no death date, citizenship Brazil and Sweden, Korean label present, P18 image 'NC Courage vs Orlando Pride (Jun 2024) 073 (cropped).jpg'. Orientation only; not used as support for any row.
- Connor O'Halloran, 'Superstar, trailblazer, icon: The legacy of Brazil's Marta', ESPN (first published July 2024, updated August 2025), read in full: childhood in Dois Riachos, the bus trip to the Vasco da Gama trial, testimony from her first coach Pacheco, her Brazil team-mate Formiga, USWNT player Shannon Boxx and coach Pia Sundhage, the move to Umea in 2004 (stated there as the first time a Brazilian woman played outside Brazil), the 2007 and 2008 final defeats, the repeated collapse of her clubs and leagues, the 2019 post-match speech, the 2024 red card and the 2025 Copa America Femenina return. CANONICAL SIGNIFICANCE SOURCE. Long-form sports journalism built on interviews with people who know her; admiring in tone, and some anecdotes (the coconut-water bets, the Easter skiing contest) are told by friends and a host family.
- Samantha Lewis, 'Obrigado, Marta: Brazilian legend makes way for the future after Paris Olympics final', ABC News Australia (11 August 2024), read in full: her upbringing, the three-day trip to Rio, the 2007 World Cup Golden Ball and Golden Boot, the Maracana footprints, the lack of home support (including a quote from her agent Fabio Farah), her 2019 speech and her handing-on of the team at the 2024 Olympics. Independent analytical feature by an Australian sports journalist; sympathetic, and the agent's quote is an interested voice.
- FIFA, 'Marta: I've got a dream' (17 January 2024), read in full: the FIFA Special Award at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023, the FIFA award for the best goal of the year named after her, her Women's World Cup record of 17 goals across both men's and women's tournaments, her international goal tally at that date, and her own remarks about how the women's game has changed. Governing-body feature; celebratory, and the quotes are her own.
- UN Women, profile of Goodwill Ambassador Marta Vieira da Silva (unwomen.org), read in full: her appointment in July 2018 as Goodwill Ambassador for women and girls in sport, her earlier UNDP Goodwill Ambassador role (2010-2018), her 2007 Golden Ball and Golden Boot, and a statement of her own about sport and empowerment. Institutional page describing a role she holds; self-quoted and promotional.
- Ballon d'Or (France Football) feature 'Marta: The Brazilian Queen Who Transformed Women's Football' (published 2026), read in full: her poverty and the exclusion she met as a girl, the bus trip to Rio, women's football's history in Brazil, the club and league collapses she lived through, her records, the FIFA Marta Award, her Go Equal brand and her UN Women role. Award-body editorial: celebratory, and it quotes her mostly from earlier interviews.
- Wikimedia Commons file page 'NC Courage vs Orlando Pride (Jun 2024) 073 (cropped).jpg' (photograph by Hameltion, 15 June 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0), checked for the portrait only; not used for any scoring.