Brazil football legend Marta to retire from international football 2024

Ayomikun Elemikan Sports 26/04/2024

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Brazil and Orlando Pride star Marta Vieira da Silva, simply known as Marta has said she will retire from international football this year.

Marta, who has appeared in six Women’s World Cup tournaments, is Brazil’s all-time record goal scorer, male or female. She has scored 115 goals for the South American country.

Marta is a football legend (Image: Just Women’s Sports)

Already with five Olympic Games appearances, she could be making her sixth games if selected for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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“If I go to the Olympics, I’ll enjoy every moment because, regardless of whether I go to the Olympics or not, this is my last year with the national team. There is no longer Marta in the national team as an athlete from 2025 onwards,” Marta told CNN Brasil.

The 38-year-old says “there is moment when we have to understand that the time has come.”

Brazil’s Marta is the leading goal scorer for Brazil, both male and female (Image: UN Women)

She stated her optimism about the future of Brazil and the young athletes the national women’s football team possesses.

Marta is a six-time winner of the FIFA Player of the Year award – more than other women’s player. As a matter of fact, no other female player has won it more than three times. She won the award five years in a row between 2006 and 2010.

She is a serial winner following victories in the Women’s Champions League, the Copa Libertadores Femenina. The legendary player was given the Golden Ball and Golden Boot awards for best player and top scorer at the 2007 Women’s World Cup.

In 2019, Marta became the first male or female player in history to score at five World Cups. Her 17 World Cup goals are an all-time record in men’s and women’s football.