Marta Cox


Marta Alexandra Cox Villarreal is a Panamanian professional football midfielder who plays for the Turkish Super League club Fenerbahçe, and Panama women's national team. She is nicknamed Keky.

Personal life and early years

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

Club career

Cox is tall, and plays in the midfielder/striker position.
She played in her country for Universitario in the Liga de Fútbol Femenino. She then went abroad, and was with the clubs Cortuluá in Colombia and Indiana in the United States.

Alajuelense

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

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.

Pachuca

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

Tijuana

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

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.

International career

Cox was admitted to the Panama national senior team when she was 14 years old.
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.
She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 May 2014Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala4–113–12014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
2.22 May 2014Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala5–113–12014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
3.22 May 2014Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala8–113–12014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
4.22 May 2014Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala11–113–12014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
5.14 December 2017Estadio Independencia, Estelí, Nicaragua1–11–12017 Central American Games
6.4 October 2018WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States1–03–02018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
7.3 August 2019Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru1–01–12019 Pan American Games
8.4 October 2019Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama2–03–02020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
9.8 October 2019Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama2–03–12020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
10.19 February 2021CAR de la Futefutbol, Guatemala City, Guatemala1–31–3Friendly
11.20 February 2021Estadio Pinula Contreras, Guatemala City, Guatemala3–03–0Friendly
12.19 September 2021Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica2–12–1Friendly
13.22 September 2021Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica1–32–3Friendly
14.9 April 2022FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize5–09–02022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
15.9 April 2022FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize9–09–02022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
16.11 July 2022Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico1–01–02022 CONCACAF W Championship
17.11 October 2022Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador1–01–1Friendly
18.19 February 2023North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand1–02–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.9 April 2023Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama1–04–3Friendly
20.26 June 2023Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar5–07–0Friendly
21.2 August 2023Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia1–03–62023 FIFA Women's World Cup
22.20 September 2023Estadio Pensativo, Antigua, Guatemala2–03–02024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
23.29 November 2023Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica1–01–12024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
24.30 October 2024Complejo Deportivo FCRF, Alajuela, Costa Rica1–02–0Friendly
25.29 May 2025Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama1–02–0Friendly
26.3 June 2025Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama4–05–1Friendly