Brazilian women's football legend and 39-year-old Marta will return to the national team after nine months

After losing to the United States in the women's football final at the Paris Olympics last year, the 39-year-old Marta, a Brazilian women's football legend, will return to the national team after nine months. The Brazilian Football Federation announced the list of Brazilian women's teams that played two warm-up matches against the Japanese women's team on the 14th, Beijing time, and the forward list includes Marta.

Brazilian women's football legend and 39-year-old Marta

Marta is one of the best female players in the history of international football. Nicknamed the "Pele in a Skirt", she won the FIFA Player of the Year award six times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018) and played in six Women's World Cups, scoring 17 goals, the most goals scored by an individual at any Women's World Cup. In addition, she also wore the Brazilian women's team jersey in 204 A-level matches, scoring 119 goals, setting a record for the most goals scored in the history of the Brazilian women's football team.

Marta and Bailey

Marta announced her retirement from the national team after losing 1-0 in the women's final at the Paris Olympics last August. Marta, who was on the Olympic stage for the sixth time at the time, finally failed to achieve her dream of "Olympic gold medal" and left the national team with tears in her eyes. However, before the 2025 Copa America that opens in July this year, the Brazilian women's football team has called up Marta before the two warm-up matches against Japan in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 30 and June 2 local time.

Speaking at a press conference, Brazil women's head coach Artur Elias said: "We have had a conversation with Marta recently and expressed a desire to help the national team. Even for the development of young players, the presence of a player like Marta is important. ”