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From Emma Sanders
BBC Sport
When Brazil traveling to take on Saturday on England, there is 1 player everyone will have their sights set – Marta.
The legend has been a flag bearer in a home Olympics would be the scorer for her nation, received a telephone call if she was a teen and is largely considered the greatest player of her creation.
But what makes her special?
The seven goals from China in 2007 of marta led Brazil to their first ever Womens World Cup final.
The 33-year-old became the first player to score.
Then under a week after, her goal in a 1-0 win over Italy made her all-time top goal scorer in World Cup history with 17, moving ahead of Germany guyss striker Miroslav Klose (16).
With 112 goals in 147 appearances, Marta includes a much superior minutes-per-goal ratio compared to any other Brazilian – and shes averaging over a quarter of the sides World Cup targets.
Between 2006 and 2010, Marta won five Fifa World Player of the Year awards and also remains the sole female footballer to have won more than three times.
If she conquer German midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan along with Ballon dOr winner Ada Hegerberg she also added a award in 2018.
The top three have been placed inside by marta to four seven times and made the XI at 2019 and 2016, 2017 – Frances Wendie Renard was included on events.
She has also won a range of top scorer accolades playing for clubs in Sweden and America, and the Golden Ball award for the best player at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, then equally the Golden Ball and also the Golden Boot at the senior World Cup in 2007.
Marta was named by american magazine Sports Illustrated at the years between 2000 and 2009s best 20 female athletes.
Marta has fought for equality in womens soccer and has prompted a generation, Also as her accomplishments on the pitch.
After the last-16 departure in France of Brazil, Marta gave an emotional language calling young players to follow in her generations footsteps.
Womens football is dependent on you to endure, she explained. Think about it, value it more. Were asking for support, you need to shout at the beginning and smile at the end.
Its about wanting more, it is about training more, its all about looking after yourself its about being ready to play 90 minutes after which 30 minutes more.
Marta said she hoped her achievements wouldpush for womens empowerment.
Allow me to be clear, this isnt only in sport. That is a struggle for equality throughout the board, she added.
England ahead Beth Mead, who will face Marta in Saturdays game at the Riverside, described Marta as alegend and stated she isa player that we admire on and off the pitch.
Marta is someone that I have observed for many years growing up, Mead told BBC Sport. The things she has done from the girls game are incredible.
Much like Lionel Messi with Argentina, Martas person brilliance hasnt been enough to lead Brazil to World Cup glory.
A second-place complete in 2007 was the nearest while gold awards have slid through her grasp on 2 events she arrived.
You think about three-time world winner Pele, and striker Ronaldo who picked up the Golden Ball at 2002 at the 1998 World Cup and the Golden Shoe when you speak of Brazilian footballers.
Marta has certainly done her bit individually but aside from 2007, Brazil Women left at the last-16 at the two recent tournaments and have failed to go past the World Cup quarter-finals.
Marta is running out of time to win World Cup, however, its not from the query.
Brazilian team-mate Formiga became the oldest participant in the history of the tournament when she collaborated this summer, which makes four appearances such as the last-16 defeat by France.
Founded, American Kristine Lilly – the very capped (352) footballer ever – retired at 39, while Canadian Christine Sinclair, 36, captained her country for the fourth time at a World Cup this summer.
Two-time World Player of the Year Carli Lloyd, 37, also appeared in every game for the USA at France, while the oldest player to feature in a closing is American defender Christie Pearce (formerly Rampone) who picked up a winners medal in 2015 at age 40.
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