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Marta

Marta

Marta Marta

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Brazil
Born:
1986-02-19 (age 40)
Height:
162 cm

Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 150 GP · 12,125 min · 48 goals · 19 assists

Composite 2026: -0.529 — ranked 332 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12017Pride232120461360654557300.570.84
22018Pride17151526440443333210.240.47
32019Pride14141392600503126410.390.39
42021Pride1917158743124142883.3200.230.40
52023Pride1817144544421153081.3100.250.50
62024Pride26222006111352275181.9400.490.54
72025Pride2420177941327134381.1100.200.25
82026Pride9334420173584.7100.520.52
8 Yrs1501291212548191229018127382.11820.360.50

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12017Pride2046137.985.020.3510.4210.360.060.465.320.230.504
22018Pride152643.170.830.191.902.44-0.540.114.620.270.377
32019Pride139263.722.280.245.586.17-0.580.363.530.230.222
42021Pride158742.451.550.145.185.81-0.630.294.520.260.536
52023Pride144544.67-0.670.290.601.37-0.770.043.880.240.374
62024Pride2006114.706.300.216.997.52-0.540.314.820.220.254
72025Pride177944.65-0.650.241.772.38-0.600.093.920.200.361
82026Pride34421.330.670.350.560.64-0.090.151.940.510.026
8 Yrs121254832.6715.330.2433.0036.69-3.690.2432.550.242.654

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
12022-0.4640.522-0.2350.1880.047174247
22023-1.2720.3000.2880.6290.159151240
32024-1.3990.5730.5171.0200.395112338
420260.070-0.959-0.003-0.7340.000-0.529332385

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120172210111224122played her role
220181587393played her role
3201914423511552a 9, played like a 10
42020412113played her role
5202121111015357an 8, played like a winger
620222211a winger, played like an 8
720231788132291an 8, played like a winger
820242210327311224an 8, played like a 10
920252115693693a 9, played like a winger
102026312111a 9, played like a 10
10 Yrs14114510523311710395816played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Claire EmslieAngel City2024Forward0.844
2Mallory SwansonChicago Stars2022Forward0.843
3Rose LavelleGotham FC2025Midfielder0.826
4Olivia MoultrieThorns2025Midfielder0.810
5Jacqueline OvallePride2025Forward0.806
6Savannah McCaskillAngel City2022Midfielder0.796
7Yazmeen RyanDash2025Forward0.789
8Kristie MewisGotham FC2022Midfielder0.788
9DebinhaKC Current2025Midfielder0.782
10Jaedyn ShawCourage2025Midfielder0.782