Marta will participate in the Olympics for the sixth time with the Paris Games this year. Brazil’s men’s and women’s football’s all-time top scorer wants to enjoy every moment of the event. Because the 38-year-old is going to retire from international football this year.
Known as ‘Queen Marta’, this Brazilian footballer scored 116 goals in 175 matches in the national team jersey. He has been playing for the Orlando Pride of the United States since 2017. Marta is the top scorer of the Women’s World Cup with 17 goals. But the best success on the world stage is the 2007 final. Although the trophy was not touched. The best achievements for the national team are three Copa America titles and silver medals at the 2004 and 2008 Games.
This time, Marta may want to take the Olympic gold medal, ‘I don’t know if I can go to the Olympics or not. But if I go to the Olympics, I will enjoy every moment. Because this is my last year with the national team. As a player, there will be no more Marta in the national team from 2025.’
Marta’s club career began with Vasco da Gama. He also played in Swedish teams Umeå IK, Tyreso FF, Rosengard. In America he played in the jerseys of Los Angeles Sol, Western New York Flash and Gold Pride.
