Almost everywhere she went, Marta, the Queen of Football, considered (by me and the majority of the specialized media) the best footballer in history, collected titles.
In Sweden, defending Umea IK, he won the national championship from 2005 to 2008; the same happened in 2012, with the Tyresö FF shirt, and in 2014 and 2015, with FC Rosengard.
At Umea, he also won a Champions League (2004), a Swedish Super Cup (2004) and a Swedish Cup (2007). She has four other Swedish Super Cups, three with Rosengard (2014 to 2016) and one with Tyresö (2012).
In the Scandinavian country, in which he played for a total of 12 years, he won another Swedish Cup, in 2016, with Rosengard.
The native of Alagoas, who left tiny Dois Riachos for the world in 2000, at the age of 14, in pursuit of her dream of becoming a football player, wore the Vasco and Santos shirts professionally in her country.
In the team that consecrated Pelé, he wore the same number 10 as the King of Football and lifted the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores cups, both in 2009.
Marta has been in the USA since 2017, when Orlando Pride, founded in 2015, hired her.
It is not the attacker’s first foray into the North American country. She previously played for the Californians Los Angeles Sol and FC Gold Pride and for the New Yorkers Western New York Flash, all from WPS (Women’s Professional Soccer).
This league, then the elite division in the USA, was extinguished in 2012, giving way to the NWSL (Nations Women’s Soccer League), a competition played by Orlando and 13 other teams, but not before Marta triumphed in it twice, once for Gold Pride, another for NY Flash, being top scorer in the three WPS championships she participated in.
The six-time best player in the world by FIFA (2006 to 2010 and 2018), always so used to being successful at club level, is currently experiencing a considerable drought, lasting almost a decade.
Orlando has failed year after year in its pursuit of the NWSL title, recording its best performance in 2017, when it reached the semifinals.
Because Marta, who is the best scorer in the World Cups for national teams (17 goals in six editions for Brazil, with which she won her last title, the South American, in 2018), now has the chance to return to the top.
The team wearing purple reached the NWSL decision for the first time by defeating, on Sunday (17), at the Inter&Co Stadium, in Orlando, Kansas City Current, owned by striker Debinha, 3-2.
And with a goal, the third, when the score was 2-1, memorable from Marta, who took advantage of a ball recovered in the center circle and, as if she were a girl at the beginning of her career, took off, without anyone stopping her.
In the penalty area, with a single dribble, he left two opponents on the ground. With another, he gave the goalkeeper the same fate. One last rival ended up on the grass in a desperate and frustrated attempt to prevent the star’s shot into the net at the entrance to the small area.
Great goal, with a capital G. Anyone who sees the play is enchanted, admired, dazzled. Applaud. One of the most beautiful of his more than 300 goals as a professional.
Captain of the Florida team, Marta is very sharp for the decision at 10 pm, Brazilian time, this Saturday (23), in Kansas, against the Washington Spirit.
He will play for his first NWSL trophy, the 20th in his club career and the 25th in total – he has won five titles for the Brazilian national team.
Then, with his contract with Orlando over, he will decide whether to extend his career a little further or whether to leave football orphaned by his genius.
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