Dennis Marshall (footballer, born 1985)

{{ Infobox football biography

| name = Dennis Marshall

| image = Dennis Marshall - AaB.jpg

| caption = Marshall playing for AaB

| fullname = Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell

| birth_date = {{birth date|1985|8|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Limón, Costa Rica

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|6|23|1985|8|9|df=y}}

| death_place = San José, Costa Rica

| height =

| position = Center back, left back

| youthyears1 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs1 = Limonense

| years1 = 2007–2008

| clubs1 = Puntarenas

| caps1 = 30

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2009

| clubs2 = → Herediano (loan)

| caps2 = 18

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009–2011

| clubs3 = AaB

| caps3 = 22

| goals3 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2011

| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

| nationalcaps1 = 19

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell{{cite web | url = http://www.ceroacero.es/jugador/dennis_marshall/actual/ficha/0/default/101970 | title = Dennis Marshall | publisher = Cero a Cero | accessdate = 30 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628003211/http://www.ceroacero.es/jugador/dennis_marshall/actual/ficha/0/default/101970 | archive-date = 28 June 2011 | url-status = dead }} (9 August 1985 – 23 June 2011) was a Costa Rica international footballer who played as a left back.

Club career

Marshall started his career at local side Limonense, before moving to Puntarenas in 2007. He joined Herediano on loan for the 2009 Verano season.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/diciembre/04/deportes1799521.html Herediano se refuerza con Andy Herron y dos porteños] - Nación {{in lang|es}}

In September 2009 he moved abroad to play for Danish Superliga club AaB.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/septiembre/02/deportes2076953.html Se va para Dinamarca Marshall pasa a ser un legionario] - Nación {{in lang|es}}

International career

Marshall made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago.[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/Dennis-Marshall-muere-accidente-transito_0_1203279700.html Dennis Marshall muere en accidente de tránsito] - Nación {{in lang|es}} Overall, he earned a total of nineteen caps, scoring one goal. He represented his country in four FIFA World Cup qualification matches{{FIFA player|309502}} and played at the 2009[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/09gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726152032/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/09gc-full.html |date=July 26, 2014 }} - RSSSF and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[https://archive.today/20130201132716/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/11gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details] - RSSSF

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.{{cite news |last1=Retana Cuendis |first1=Petro |title=Diario Extra - Sele jugará en memoria de Marshall |url=https://www.diarioextra.com/Noticia/detalle/264733/sele-jugar%C3%83-en-memoria-de-marshall |access-date=3 February 2024 |work=www.diarioextra.com |language=ES}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1	18 June 2011	New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	{{fb\|HON\|1949}}	1–1	1–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Personal life

Marshall was a son of Dennis Marshall Herron, a former Costa Rica national team player.[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2011/junio/24/copaoro2822214.html Fallecen Dennis Marshall y su esposa] - Al Día {{in lang|es}}

Death

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 {{convert|20|km}} east of San José while on their way to Marshall's parents in Limón.[http://archivo.elheraldo.hn/Zona%20Deportiva/listado-nota/Ediciones/2011/06/23/Noticias/Muere-Dennis-Marshall Muere Dennis Marshall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729201401/http://archivo.elheraldo.hn/Zona%20Deportiva/listado-nota/Ediciones/2011/06/23/Noticias/Muere-Dennis-Marshall |date=2014-07-29 }} - El Heraldo {{in lang|es}} 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.{{cite web|title=Costa Rica: Muere el seleccionado nacional Dennis Marshall en accidente automovilístico|url=http://www.goal.com/es-us/news/3441/costa-rica/2011/06/23/2545188/costa-rica-muere-del-seleccionado-nacional-dennis-marshall|work=Goal.com|accessdate=23 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/GoldCup/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2381225,00.html|title=Costa Rica's Marshall killed in car crash|date=2011-06-24|work=concacaf.com|accessdate=2011-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627232558/http://www.concacaf.com/page/GoldCup/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2381225,00.html|archive-date=2011-06-27|url-status=dead}}

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

External links

[http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=11294 Official Danish Superliga player statistics] at danskfodbold.com {{in lang|da}}
[http://www.herediano.com/dennis-marshall.php CS Herediano profile]
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