07/07/2023
🟢Brazilian Miraildes Mota (Formiga) Is The Only Footballer In The World To Participate In 7 World Cup | While Japanese Homare Sawa, Nigerian Onome Ebi, Christine Sinclair And Marta surpassed Leo Messi’s 5 Time World Cup Appearance Record
🥇Miraildes Mota (Formiga) 7 FiFA World Cup
No one , including all categories of women's and men's soccer, has participated in more World Cups than Miraildes Mota “Formiga” (7) in the entire history of soccer.
45 years Formiga first played for the Brazil national team at the age of 17, as part of the squad for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing as a substitute. The following year, during the inaugural tournament for women's football at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she became a regular starter in the Brazilian team.
In 2019 Miraildes Maciel Mota, better known as Ant, played her seventh World Cup, following his participation in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. An absolute legend with historical record.
On 26 November 2021, Formiga played her last match for Brazil in their 6–1 win over India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus, as she officially retired from the national team.
🥈Homare Sawa - 6 FiFA World cup
On 6 December 1993, at age 15, Sawa made her Japanese international debut, scoring four goals in her first ever match, a win against the Philippines.
Sawa debuted in her first Women’s World Cup tournament in 1995, making her first start at 16 years old against Germany
On 9 January 2012, Sawa was awarded the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year in Zurich, Switzerland. She broke Marta’s streak of 5 consecutive FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year awards, and also became the first Asian person regardless of gender to receive a major individual year-end award.
On 16 December 2015, Sawa announced her retirement from football after the completion of the 2015 Nadeshiko League season. Sawa’s retirement was met with tributes from people across Japanese football, including coach Norio Sa