Marta is the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, and Scandinavian form of Martha — from the Aramaic *martā* ("lady, mistress of the house"). **Marta Vieira da Silva (born 1986)** — **Brazilian footballer widely regarded as the greatest women's footballer of all time; six-time FIFA Best Women's Player of the Year (2006-2010, 2018) — a record across either gender**. **All-time top scorer in FIFA Women's World Cup history with 17 goals across six tournaments (2003-2023); the only footballer of any gender to have scored at five different World Cups**. **Six-time Brazilian Footballer of the Year; Olympic silver (2004, 2008)**. **Globally known by mononym "Marta"**. **A top-100 baby name continuously in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Poland; rare in the US**.
Featured throughout 2000s-2020s football.
Marta reduces to five — the number of footballer of all time.