She was born on february 19 1986 in Dois riachos alagoas brazil . she was discovered by well-known Brazilian female coach, Helena Pacheco, when she was 14 years old . she started her professional career at vasco da gama in the year 200 in 2002 she went Santa cruz and in 2004 left for umea ik.
she announced her presence to world football at the 2004 u 19 women`s championship whe she was named the best player . she was a member of the Brazilian team that lost in the finals of the 2007 women`s world cup where she won the golden boot award. She was also on the losing side again in the finals of the 2008 summer Olympics football tournament.
She was dubbed the female pele by many and the all time greatest female footballer with 5 fifa women footballer of the year award to her name. She currently plays for fc rosengard in Sweden and has previously played for clubs like UMEA IK , LOS ANGLES SOL, SANTOS ,FC GOLD PRIDE , WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH, TYRESO FF.
On the international scene she has be likened to Lionel messi has she has failed to win any international trophy also missing a penalty in one of three finals she lost having won everything there is to win at club level.
she the all time highest goal scorer in a fifa women competition with 15 goals surpassing BRIGIT PRINZ`S record of 14 goals at the 2015 world cup in canada .
she was one of the 8 flag bearers for the 2016 Rio Olympics also in 2013 was named as of the six ambassadors of the 2014 Brazil world cup and also an united nation ambassador for hope.
MARTA VEIRA DA SILVA has being a source of hope for many young girls that there is no barrier to big for a girl to break.
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