Dennis Marshall

For the Australian rules footballer, see Denis Marshall (footballer).
Not to be confused with the New Zealand politician Denis Marshall.
Dennis Marshall
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
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position 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)
National team
2009–2011 Costa Rica 19 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Marshall and the second or maternal family name is Maxwell.

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

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

Marshall made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago[2] and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and played at the 2009[6] and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[7]

His final international was a June 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Honduras.

International goals

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

Marshall was a son of Dennis Marshall Herron, a former Costa Rica national team player.[8]

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 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of San José while on their way to Marshall's parents in Limón.[9] 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.[10][11]

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

  1. ↑ "Dennis Marshall". Cero a Cero. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 Dennis Marshall muere en accidente de tránsito - Nación (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Herediano se refuerza con Andy Herron y dos porteños - Nación (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Se va para Dinamarca Marshall pasa a ser un legionario - Nación (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Dennis Marshall – FIFA competition record
  6. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details - RSSSF
  7. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details - RSSSF
  8. ↑ Fallecen Dennis Marshall y su esposa - Al Día (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Muere Dennis Marshall - El Heraldo (Spanish)
  10. ↑ "Costa Rica: Muere el seleccionado nacional Dennis Marshall en accidente automovilístico". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Costa Rica's Marshall killed in car crash". concacaf.com. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
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