Marta Cox
Panamanian footballer (born 1997)
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Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal (born 20 July 1997) is a Panamanian professional 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]
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Cox with Panama in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position | 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 | 23 | (8) |
| 2021–2022 | León | 21 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Pachuca | 50 | (9) |
| 2024 | Tijuana | 21 | (3) |
| 2025– | Fenerbahçe | 25 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Panama U17 | 9 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Panama U20 | 6 | (3) |
| 2013– | Panama | 63 | (26) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2025 | |||
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]
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.[citation needed]
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.[9][7] At the end of the season, she left the club for Mexico.[7][10]
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][11]
Pachuca
She played for Pachuca in the Liga MX Femenil, leaving the club at the end of 2023.[7][12]
Tijuana
She transferred to Tijuana, and played in the first halof the 2024–25 Liga MX Femenil season.[citation needed]
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.[13][8][14]
International career
Cox was admitted to the Panama national senior team when she was 14 years old.[7]
She made her debut with the senior national team in a UNCAF tournament in Guatemala on 20 May 2014 in a game where Panama lost 1-0 to Guatemala.[15]
She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[7]
Career statistics
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first
