Brazilian women s football legend star, 39-year-old Mata will return to the national team after 9 months

The legendary Brazilian women's football star, 39-year-old Mata, who announced that she had "withdrew from the national team" after losing to the women's football team in the last year's Paris Olympic final, will return to the national team after 9 months. The Brazilian Football Association announced the list of Brazilian women's teams to play two warm-up matches with the Japanese women's team on the 14th, with Mata among the forwards.

Brazilian women's football legendary star, 39-year-old Mata, is one of the best female players in the history of international football. She was nicknamed "Pelle in a skirt". FIFA Player of the Year alone won 6 times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018), participated in the Women's World Cup 6 times, scoring 17 goals, setting a record for the largest number of individual goals in previous Women's World Cups. In addition, she also wore the Brazilian women's team uniform to participate in 204 A-level matches, scoring 119 goals, setting a record for the most goals scored by Brazil's women's football team in history.

Mata and Pele

Mata announced their withdrawal from the national team after losing 0-1 in the women's football final at the Paris Olympics in August last year. Mata, who appeared on the Olympic stage for the sixth time, finally failed to realize her dream of "Olympic gold medal" and left the national team with tears in her eyes. However, before the 2025 Copa America 2025, which opened in July this year, the Brazilian women's football team planned to call Marta before two warm-up matches between Sao Paulo, Brazil and Japan on May 30 and June 2 local time.

Brazilian women's football coach Artur Elias said at a press conference: "I have had a conversation with Mata recently and expressed my hope to help the national team. Even for the growth of young players, the existence of a player like Mata is important."