Tag: "Fabiano Farah"

Northern latitudes helped make Marta a player of Sol importance

Northern latitudes helped make Marta a player of Sol importance

Marta Vieira da Silva, 22, announces that she will leave her home of five years—Umeå, Sweden, the northern coastal city that nurtured her game and personality but that could not keep her from the bigger world. With timeline and podcast »

Jan 12, 2009 | 1 comment View Post

‘The negotiation was long and difficult,’ says Farah of creating Marta’s LA story

Drawing primarily from online sources in Brazil and Sweden (links provided), our timeline summarizes some three months of negotiations over Marta Vieira da Silva’s Jan 09 transfer to Los Angeles Sol.

Jan 10, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
Brazil | Marta's story deserves to be told, but who deserves to tell it?

Brazil | Marta’s story deserves to be told, but who deserves to tell it?

A package of articles published Oct 5 on Brazilian Web portal Terra details the unique pressures facing Diego Graciano in promoting his biography of sensational 22-year-old Marta Vieira da Silva (see earlier articles, Sept 15 and 12 Sept 07). (Oct 13)

Oct 13, 2008 | 0 comments View Post

Books | Born in ‘invisible town,’ Marta gains life in visible ink

Diego Graciano makes clear in the title of his biography the nature of Marta’s struggle. Você é mulher, Marta! (You Are a Woman, Marta!) alludes to Marta’s mother’s reply when, as a girl, Marta asked her for a real ball.

Sep 15, 2008 | 5 comments View Post

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