Brazil captain Marta is the all-time Women's World Cup top scorer with 15 goals in 17 games.
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Her 15th World Cup goal put her level with another Brazil legend, Ronaldo.
She’s also a six-time World Player of the Year, having won the award from 2006 to 2010 and again in 2018.
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Before this World Cup, Marta had scored 104 goals for Brazil in a 15-year international career.
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She began honing her skills as a young girl by kicking improvised footballs made up of stuffed grocery bags through the streets.
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She is renowned for her dribbling ability and ball skills.
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Australia captain Sam Kerr ranks Marta as the best ever.
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Marta has scored fewer goals than some of the game’s other greats but no-one has more World Player of the Year awards.
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Marta was one of her country's flag-bearers at her home Olympics in Rio 2016.
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A runner-up in a World Cup and two Olympics, Marta is looking to do what two of the men’s greats, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, have never done - win the game’s biggest prize.
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