Brazil legend Marta says she will retire from international football this year.
The 38-year-old striker is Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer in both men’s and women’s football.
Marta could make her sixth appearance at the Olympic Games if she is selected for Brazil’s squad in Paris this summer.
“If I go to the Olympics, I will enjoy every moment, because regardless of whether I go to the Olympics or not, this is my last year with the national team,” she told CNN in Brazil. “
“There will be no more Marta in the national team as a player from 2025.”
She won Olympic silver at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, losing to the United States on both occasions.
Marta is the top goalscorer in the World Cups, men’s and women’s, having scored 17 times in 23 appearances in the six editions of the tournament.
She came closest to World Cup honors in 2007 when Brazil finished runners-up to Germany.
After Brazil failed to reach the knockout stages of last summer’s World Cup, he said “No more World Cup for MARTA”.
Marta, who has played club soccer for Orlando Pride since 2017, said she feels comfortable passing the baton on to the next generation of Brazilian footballers.
“We have a capable team with really talented girls who as the years go by, you’ll see what I’m talking about,” she said.
“Because of that I feel very comfortable saying: ‘Listen, I’m going to you, I’m going to pass the baton and you’re going to carry on this legacy’
Credit : www.bbc.com
