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Marta (FA)

Forward

Team: Western New York Flash

Height: 5' 4"
Birth Date: 2/19/1986
Hometown: Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
Previous Team: FC Gold Pride
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Women's Professional Soccer (WPS):

2009 Golden Boot Award Winner
2009 Michelle Akers Award Recipient (MVP)
Played for the 2009 WPS Regular Season Champions, the Los Angeles Sol
Led the league in goal scoring with 10 goals and also tallied 3 assists
2009 WPS All-Star scored 1 goal in the 4-2 win in the 2009 WPS All Star Game against Umea IK

International:

Appearances: 45 Goals: 47
A four-time FIFA Women's World Player of the Year (2006-2009)
Led Brazil to Pan American Games title and berth in final eight of FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003
Spearheaded attack on Brazil side that won silver medal at Athens Olympics (2004) and gained worldwide recognition for their attractive, attacking football
In 2007, scored tournament-high 12 goals to help Brazil to retain their crown at the Pan-American Games, on home soil in Rio de Janeiro
Won the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup in China and the Golden Boot as its top scorer
2008 Olympic Silver Medalist

Club:

During the 2009-10 offseason, played (on loan) for Santos in the Copa Libertadores and in the Copa do Brasil where she tallied 26 goals and 16 assists.
Played 2004-2008 seasons with Swedish club Umea IK, scoring 111 goals in 103 matches
Umea captured the Swedish league title three times with her in the lineup (2005, 2006 and 2007)
Club also took home the European club crown in 2004 and a runner-up finish in 2007

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