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50 free Marta trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Marta trivia quiz covers Marta Vieira da Silva, the Brazilian forward many regard as the greatest female footballer of all time. The easy questions ask which country she captains, how many times she was named FIFA World Player of the Year, which record she holds at the Women's World Cup, which US club she plays for and what Pelé called her. From there it moves through her clubs in Sweden and America, her three Olympic silvers, her 2007 World Cup double of Golden Ball and Golden Boot and the emotional 2019 interview that went viral. The hard end is for people who followed her from Vasco da Gama to Orlando: the coach who discovered her at 14, the eye socket fractured in a Swedish Cup final, the sponsors who paid her Tyresö salary, the first player to reach 100 appearances for the Pride, the Spanish defender she kicked in the head, the languages she speaks, the year she took Swedish citizenship, the sportswear brand she launched and the FIFA award that carries her name. Every answer was checked against the encyclopaedia entries on Marta, the Brazil women's national team, Orlando Pride, Umeå IK, Tyresö FF, FC Rosengård and the Women's World Cup and Olympic tournaments before publishing, and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. Our women's World Cup, Brazil football and NWSL quizzes are natural next stops.
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Q 01In which position does Marta primarily play?
Forward
She began as a classic number 10 before moving to more advanced roles, and is Brazil's all-time top scorer with 122 goals.
Q 02How many times has Marta been named FIFA World Player of the Year?
Six
She won five in a row from 2006 to 2010, then a sixth in 2018.
Q 03Marta holds the record for most career goals at the Women's World Cup. How many?
17
Her 17th, a penalty against Italy in 2019, made her the outright leading scorer at the World Cup, male or female.
Q 04Which US club did Marta join in 2017?
Orlando Pride
She joined on a free transfer from Rosengård and became the first player to reach 100 appearances for the club in 2023.
Q 05Pelé gave Marta which nickname?
Pelé with skirts
In Brazil she is simply 'Rainha', the Queen.
Q 06What is Marta's nickname in Brazil?
Rainha
It means 'Queen'.
Q 07Marta was born in Dois Riachos in which Brazilian state?
Alagoas
She learned the game in the streets with boys and left home at 14 to turn professional.
Q 08Marta was discovered at the age of 14 by which Brazilian coach?
Helena Pacheco
Her first professional club, Vasco da Gama, folded two years after she joined in 2000.
Q 09Marta's first European club, which she joined in 2004 and won the UEFA Women's Cup with that season, was in which country?
Sweden
Umeå IK beat Frankfurt 8–0 on aggregate in the final, with Marta scoring three across the two legs.
Q 10How many Swedish league championships did Marta win across her spells at Umeå, Tyresö and Rosengård?
Seven
Four came with Umeå in a row from 2005 to 2008, then one with Tyresö in 2012 and two with Rosengård.
Q 11During a Swedish Cup final in 2005 Marta punched an opponent and minutes later suffered what injury from an elbow?
A fractured eye socket
Malin Nykvist elbowed her after she struck Helen Fagerström; Marta later apologised.
Q 12At the 2007 Women's World Cup Marta won both the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot. Who beat Brazil in the final?
Germany
She had a penalty saved midway through the second half that would have levelled the 2–0 defeat.
Q 13How many goals did Marta score at the 2007 World Cup to win the Golden Boot?
Seven
Two came in the 4–0 semi-final rout of the United States.
Q 21After retiring from international football following the 2024 Olympics, Marta returned in 2025 to help Brazil win which tournament?
Copa América Femenina
She scored a late equaliser in the final and played her part in the penalty shootout.
Q 22Marta joined the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer season in 2009 with which club, and was named league MVP?
Los Angeles Sol
The Sol lost the final to Sky Blue FC and folded that winter, and she was picked first in the dispersal draft.
Q 23Marta won her first WPS championship in 2010 with which Bay Area club, again as league MVP?
FC Gold Pride
Q 14After scoring twice to win the 2007 Pan American Games final at the Maracanã, Marta became the first woman honoured how at the stadium?
Her footprints were set in cement
Brazil beat the US under-20s in front of 68,000 that day.
Q 15Marta has won Olympic silver medals at three Games. Which?
2004, 2008 and 2024
The United States beat Brazil in all three finals.
Q 16Marta was the first footballer of any gender to score at how many World Cups?
Five
A penalty against Australia at France 2019 did it; days earlier no man had managed it either.
Q 17Marta became the first player to score at five consecutive Olympics with two goals against which team in 2021?
China
Brazil won 5–0 but went out on penalties to Canada in the quarter-finals.
Q 18In her viral 2019 World Cup interview after Brazil's exit, Marta urged Brazilian girls to do what?
'Cry at the beginning so you can smile at the end'
She pleaded with them to continue the legacy of ageing legends like herself, Formiga and Cristiane.
Q 19Which team eliminated Brazil in the 2019 World Cup round of 16, prompting that interview?
France
The hosts won 2–1 in Le Havre.
Q 20Marta was sent off in her final Olympic group game in 2024 for accidentally kicking which Spanish player in the head?
Olga Carmona
She served a two-match ban and returned for the final, a 1–0 loss to the United States.
She scored 19 goals in 24 games; the club folded that November.
Q 24Marta's third WPS club in three years, with which she won the 2011 title on penalties, was which expansion team?
Western New York Flash
It earned her a third straight WPS Golden Boot; the league then cancelled its 2012 season.
Q 25During two winter loans to Santos, Marta helped the club win which South American club competition in 2009?
Copa Libertadores Femenina
She scored in that final and twice in the Copa do Brasil final the same season.
Q 26Marta's reported salary of about $400,000 a season at Tyresö FF from 2012 was paid by whom?
External sponsors
The club later collapsed financially and withdrew from the 2014 season, making all its players free agents.
Q 27Marta scored twice in the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League final, but Tyresö lost 4–3 to which German club?
Wolfsburg
She scored against Wolfsburg again the following season for Rosengård, only to go out on away goals.
Q 28Marta won her first NWSL title in 2024 when the Pride beat which team 1–0 in the championship game?
Washington Spirit
Orlando also won the NWSL Shield that season and Marta made the Best XI.
Q 29What injury sidelined Marta for the whole of the 2022 NWSL season?
An ACL tear in her left knee
It happened in the second game of the Challenge Cup, weeks after she was named club captain.
Q 30Marta gained citizenship of which second country in March 2017?
Sweden
Having already played for Brazil, it did not make her eligible for its national team; she got a US green card in 2021.