 Marshall playing for AaB | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-08-09)9 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Limón, Costa Rica | ||
| Date of death | 23 June 2011(2011-06-23) (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.
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]
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]
| 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 |
Marshall was a son of Dennis Marshall Herron, a former Costa Rica national team player.[9]
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.
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