Dennis Marshall (footballer, born 1985)
 Marshall playing for AaB | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Limón, Costa Rica | ||
| Date of death | 23 June 2011 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Position(s) | Center back, left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Limonense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Puntarenas | 30 | (3) |
| 2009 | → Herediano (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | AaB | 22 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Costa Rica | 19 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell[1] (9 August 1985 – 23 June 2011) was a Costa Rica international footballer who played as a left back.
Club career
[edit]Marshall started his career at local side Limonense, before moving to Puntarenas in 2007.[2] He joined Herediano on loan for the 2009 Verano season.[3]
In September 2009 he moved abroad to play for Danish Superliga club AaB.[4]
International career
[edit]Marshall made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago.[2] Overall, he earned a total of nineteen caps, scoring one goal. He represented his country in four FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and played at the 2009[6] and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[7]
On 18 June 2011, five days before his death, Marshall played his last match for Costa Rica, a 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final match against Honduras. The match saw Marshall scoring his sole goal for Costa Rica, which he dedicated to his fiancée, who died with him in the accident.[8]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 June 2011 | New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, United States |  Honduras |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Personal life
[edit]Marshall was a son of Dennis Marshall Herron, a former Costa Rica national team player.[9]
Death
[edit]On 23 June 2011, Marshall and his girlfriend Meilyn Arianna Masís Castro were traveling on the Braulio Carrillo highway in Costa Rica when they were involved in a fatal car accident 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of San José while on their way to Marshall's parents in Limón.[10] Marshall had scored the only goal for Costa Rica five days earlier in a match against Honduras in the quarterfinals of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11][12]
His death was marked in several ways in his home country. The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, went on national television and expressed her sympathy and a memorial ceremony was held in Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, the stadium of Marshall's former club, CS Herediano.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dennis Marshall". Cero a Cero. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ a b Dennis Marshall muere en accidente de tránsito - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Herediano se refuerza con Andy Herron y dos porteños - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Se va para Dinamarca Marshall pasa a ser un legionario - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Dennis Marshall – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ Retana Cuendis, Petro. "Diario Extra - Sele jugará en memoria de Marshall". www.diarioextra.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Fallecen Dennis Marshall y su esposa - Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere Dennis Marshall Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine - El Heraldo (in Spanish)
- ^ "Costa Rica: Muere el seleccionado nacional Dennis Marshall en accidente automovilístico". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ "Costa Rica's Marshall killed in car crash". concacaf.com. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
External links
[edit]- Official Danish Superliga player statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)
- CS Herediano profile
- Dennis Marshall at National-Football-Teams.com
Costa Rica squads | |||||||
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- 1985 births
- 2011 deaths
- Sportspeople from Limón Province
- Men's association football defenders
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's international footballers
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Puntarenas F.C. players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- AaB Fodbold players
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Road incident deaths in Costa Rica