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. 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 (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.
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 of 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.
Honours Fenerbahçe Turkish Super League: 2025–26
Career statistics 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 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 1–1 1–1 2017 Central American Games 6. 4 October 2018 WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States 1–0 3–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship 7. 3 August 2019 Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru 1–0 1–1 2019 Pan American Games 8. 4 October 2019 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama 2–0 3–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification 9. 8 October 2019 2–0 3–1 10. 19 February 2021 CAR de la Futefutbol, Guatemala City, Guatemala 1–3 1–3 Friendly 11. 20 February 2021 Estadio Pinula Contreras, Guatemala City, Guatemala 3–0 3–0 12. 19 September 2021 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica 2–1 2–1 13. 22 September 2021 1–3 2–3 14. 9 April 2022 FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize 5–0 9–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification 15. 9–0 16. 11 July 2022 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico 1–0 1–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship 17. 11 October 2022 Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador 1–0 1–1 Friendly 18. 19 February 2023 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 1–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 19. 9 April 2023 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama 1–0 4–3 Friendly 20. 26 June 2023 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar 5–0 7–0 21. 2 August 2023 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia 1–0 3–6 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 22. 20 September 2023 Estadio Pensativo, Antigua, Guatemala 2–0 3–0 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification 23. 29 November 2023 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica 1–0 1–1 24. 30 October 2024 Complejo Deportivo FCRF, Alajuela, Costa Rica 1–0 2–0 Friendly 25. 29 May 2025 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama 1–0 2–0 26. 3 June 2025 4–0 5–1
See also List of Panama women's international footballers
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