Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell (9 August 1985 – 23 June 2011) was a Costa Rica international

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who played as a left back.

Club career

Marshall started his career at local side Limonense, before moving to

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in 2007. He joined

Herediano Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican multisport club based in Heredia, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association ...

on loan for the 2009 Verano season. In September 2009 he moved abroad to play for

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club AaB.

International career

Marshall made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against

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- Nación and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2009 and

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s. His final international was a June

match against Honduras.

International goals

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

Personal life

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

Death

On 23 June 2011, Marshall and girlfriend Meilyn Arianna Masís Castro were traveling on the Braulio Carrillo highway in Costa Rica when they were involved in a fatal car accident east of San José while on their way to Marshall's parents in Limón. Marshall had scored the only goal for Costa Rica five days earlier in a match against Honduras in the quarterfinals of the

. His death was marked in several ways in his home country. The president of Costa Rica,

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, went on national television and expressed her sympathy and a memorial ceremony was held in

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, the stadium of Marshall's former club, CS Herediano.

References

External links

Official Danish Superliga player statistics
at danskfodbold.com
CS Herediano profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Dennis 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