SAO PAULO — Brazilian soccer star Marta, the six-time ladies’s world participant of the 12 months, plans to retire from the nationwide staff after this 12 months.
The 38-year-old Marta has instructed CNN Brasil that she hopes to play within the Olympics in Paris however mentioned that might be her final main event for the nationwide staff.
“That is my final 12 months, I can verify it right here,” she was quoted as saying in excerpts of an interview that can air Sunday. “There’s a second when we now have to grasp that the time has come. And I’m actually positive with this, as a result of I’m optimistic with the event that we’re seeing in relation to our younger athletes.”
Within the excerpts, the Orlando Pleasure playmaker didn’t say whether or not she plans to proceed her membership profession in 2025.
Marta mentioned she needs to play on the Paris Video games for what could be her sixth Olympic look. She helped Brazil win silver medals in 2004 and 2008.
“If I am going to the Olympics, I’ll take pleasure in each second, as a result of no matter whether or not I am going or not, that is my final 12 months with the nationwide staff,” she mentioned. “There isn’t a longer Marta within the nationwide staff as an athlete in 2025.”
Marta additionally helped Brazil win two Pan American Video games (2003 and 2007) and three Copa Americas (2003, 2010 and 2018).
She is Brazil’s main scorer within the ladies’s sport, and the ladies’s World Cup high scorer with 17 objectives. Nonetheless, a World Cup gold eluded her, with Brazil shedding the 2007 remaining to Germany in China.