Marta Cox

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cox and the second or maternal family name is Villarreal.
Marta Cox
Cox representing Panama against Trinidad and Tobago at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship on 4 October 2018.
Personal information
Full name Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal[1]
Date of birth (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Deportes Quindío
2019 Cortuluá
2020 Universitario
2020–2021 Alajuelense
2021–2022 León 21 (3)
2022–2023 Pachuca 50 (9)
2024 Tijuana 21 (3)
2025– Fenerbahçe 2 (2)
International career‡
2011–2012 Panama U17 9 (6)
2011–2012 Panama U20 6 (3)
2013– Panama 42 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal (born 20 July 1997) is a Panamanian professional women's football midfielder who plays for the Turkish Super League club Fenerbahçe, and Panama women's national team.[3][4][5] She is nicknamed Keky.[6]

Personal life and early years

Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal was born in El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, Panama on 20 July 1997.[7][8][8]

She started in football when she was only six years old at the local club Chorrillo FC. She was supported by her parents in her career. Her father kept supporting her also after her mother's death. At the age of 14, she debuted in the Panama national senior team.[7]

Club career

Cox is 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) tall, and plays in the midfielder/striker position.[9]

She played in her country for Universitario (formerly Chorrillo FC) in the Liga de Fútbol Femenino. She then went abroad , and was with the clubs Cortuluá in Colombia and Indiana in the United States.[7]

Alajuelense

In the 2020–21 season, she was with Alajuelense in the Costa Rican Women's Premier Division.[10][7] At the end of the season, she left the club for Mexico.[7][9][11]

León

In July 2021, Cox signed with Club León. In doing so, she became the first foreign player to join the Liga MX Femenil team.[7][12]

Pachuca

She played for Pachuca in the Liga MX Femenil, leaving the club at the end of 2023.[7][13]

Tijuana

She transferred to Tijuana, and played in the first halof the 2024–25 Liga MX Femenil season.[14]

Fenerbahçe

Mid January 2025, Cox moved to Turkey, and signed a one-and-half-year deal with the Istanbul-based club Fenerbahçe to start playing in the second half pf the 2024-25 Super League season.[15][8][16]

International career

Cox was admitted to the Panama national senior team when she was 14 years old.[7]

She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 May 2014 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Belize 4–1 13–1 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
2. 5–1
3. 8–1
4. 11–1
5. 14 December 2017 Estadio Independencia, Estelí, Nicaragua  Nicaragua 1–1 1–1 2017 Central American Games
6. 4 October 2018 WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 3–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
7. 3 August 2019 Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru  Peru 1–0 1–1 2019 Pan American Games
8. 4 October 2019 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Honduras 2–0 3–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
9. 8 October 2019  Guatemala 2–0 3–1
10. 9 April 2022 FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize  Aruba 5–0 9–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
11. 9–0
12. 11 July 2022 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 1–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship
13. 19 February 2023 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand  Papua New Guinea 1–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14. 9 April 2023 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Dominican Republic 1–0 4–3 Friendly
15. 26 June 2023 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar  Gibraltar 5–0 7–0
16. 2 August 2023 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia  France 1–0 3–6 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
17. 20 September 2023 Estadio Pensativo, Antigua, Guatemala  Guatemala 2–0 3–0 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
18. 29 November 2023 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1–0 1–1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Marta Cox, talento de barrio". dia a dia. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Yerenis de León and Marta Cox join the women's team". RPC TV. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Marta Cox reforzará a las Dragonas mexicanas". TV Max. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Panamá tiene sus 23 convocadas para clasificar al Mundial femenino de la FIFA". 26 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Marta Cox: la 10 que quiere ser mundialista" (in Spanish). Federación Panameña de Fútbol. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Marta Cox". Soccer Donna. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Marta Cox salta de Alajuelense al fútbol mexicano". Nacion (in Spanish). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Panameña Marta Cox deja Alajuelense y jugará en México". Everardoherrera (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  12. ^ Vázquez, Rodrigo (21 July 2021). "Marta Cox es la primer extrajera en reforzar a La Fiera". El Sol de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Pachuca se despide de Marta Cox: ¿Con destino a Europa?". RCP TV (in Spanish). 31 December 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  14. ^ "1*.Marta Cox" (in Spanish). Cero a Cero. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Ailemize Hoş Geldin Marta Cox" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  16. ^ "Marta Cox jugará en la primera división de Turquía con Fenerbahce". RPC TV (in Spanish). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
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