Marta makes history with sixth Women’s World Player of the Year Title
For the sixth time in her illustrious career, Orlando Pride and Brazil Women’s National Team legend Marta has been named the FIFA women’s world player of the year. The 32-year-old was presented as The Best FIFA Women’s Player on Monday at The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, beating out Germany’s Dzsenifer Marozsan and Norway’s Ada Hegerberg.
“I’m really speechless because this is a fantastic moment and people tell me, ‘You’ve been in this position so many times before, and every time you get emotional.’ I do this because this means so much to me, since the first moment that I saw that this is the best thing I can do with my life, which is to play soccer, and to practice this fantastic sport,” Marta said from the stage at London’s Royal Festival Hall. “Firstly, I would like to thank God for constantly giving me health and for always giving me the ability to fight and to reach my goals. I can’t go without thanking, obviously, my teammates — from the Club and the Brazilian team – the people who are with me and constantly supporting me, the fans, the press and all the athletes that are my coworkers who voted for me. I can only thank everyone, this is fantastic. It really is a magical moment, thank you.”
