![]() ![]() However, the ball’s owner is a male expression. From the kid who holds the only ball in a group and will leave if his teammates don’t play the way he wants, to the boss who controls everything in the office, to the bouncer who says who comes in and out of the nightclubs – you better be friendly and keep an eye on the ball’s owner. The ball’s owner is the one who has the power, or who is in charge of something. The “ball’s owner” is one of the most used football metaphor in daily Brazilian Portuguese language. Your relationship can be in “extra time”, coming to an end, or even “nil-all” if nothing has happened yet. You better be careful if you are “on the penalty spot” in your job – they might kick you out. Football allegories are used in Brazilians’ sporting lives, but also in their work or social life. From the number of photographers (11, as in a football team) to its name and contents, its organisers utilised words and images to question the gender order during the moment where “everything is running around the ball” in Brazil – as underlined by Diogenes Moura, in another football allegory.įootball metaphors pervade Brazilians’ daily conversations – and not only during the World Cup. The exhibition, which later was released in a book of the same name, is full of football metaphors. The exhibition, displayed in an important cultural performing space in the heart of São Paulo, highlighted the work of 11 Brazilian female photographers who documented the “presence and the importance of women in the football culture across the country”, according to the exhibition’s curator Diógenes Moura. It’s all of these things, and more, that have cemented Marta into the history books as the top women’s soccer player and her FIFA The Best award serves as yet another reminder that there is no stopping her as she continues to change the game forever.The launch of the photographic exhibition “The ball’s female owners” was one of the most socially relevant experiences in the months before the World Cup. It’s all the intangibles that the stats fail to show that truly elevate the forward into a class of her own. It’s her style on the pitch and the effortlessness with which she dribbles the ball down the field, weaving in and out of defenders as if she was born for this very purpose. It's the time she spends with her teammates teaching, explaining and leading, all in an effort to make everyone better. It’s the determination that drips from her brow as she continually gives her all, often times out-working her younger opponents. It’s the passion with which she carries herself from the second she steps foot onto the pitch up until the final whistle blows. With 15 career goals, Marta also holds the record for most goals scored at the Women’s World Cup.Īt the club level she has won the UEFA Women’s Champions League and 10 separate league titles, but those awards fail to scratch the surface on her long list of achievements.īut what truly makes her the greatest of all-time cannot be found in the statistics of her 18-year professional career, but in the moments inside the lines that help her stand out among the rest. She has represented Brazil in four FIFA World Cups and four Olympics, during which she led the Seleção to two Olympic silver medals (20). The trophies and awards that have followed her on-field accomplishments are many. In addition, the striker is quickly approaching 500 career goals, an achievement only three active players in the entire world - all men - have reached. Her illustrious career includes over 300 appearances as a part of 10 different clubs across five leagues. ![]() ![]() Marta’s victory comes as recognition for her stand-out first season with the Orlando Pride in 2017 that saw the forward score a team-high 13 goals and record an additional six assists. The women’s version of the award was first presented in 2001 and since then Marta has finished in the top three in 13 of the 18 years. ![]() Her six wins are more than any other player, male or female, since the award was first introduced in 1991. On Monday in London, England, surrounded by the world’s top talent, Marta received her sixth iteration of the FIFA award, given each year to the player considered to the be the best of the best. It’s already widely accepted, but with her victory at the FIFA awards as The Best women’s soccer player, there is no debating that the Brazilian forward is in a league of her own. Marta is the best women’s soccer player in the world and now in the history of the game. ![]()
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