Marco Warren (13 December 1993 – 14 May 2023) was a Bermudian

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who played as a

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. He

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for the Bermuda national team.

Career

Marco Warren was born in

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. He started his career at

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, where he originally studied Graphic Design as well as receiving a sports scholarship. He began to play for the college team in 2012, known as the

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, who were then playing in the

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. In his first season, he played in all of the 19 available games and scored 1 goal. He also appeared in all the available games for the 2013 season, this time getting 7 goals in 19 games. For his final college season in 2014 he played 10 games and scored 1 goal. In total in three years for

he played in 48 games, scoring 9 goals. After leaving college at the end of 2014, he joined

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side PHC Zebras.

International career

In 2012 Warren played three games for the Bermuda U20 national team in the 2012

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, his debut coming in a 2–0 loss against Barbados U-20. Warren made his debut for the senior national team on 8 March 2015 in a 3–0 victory over

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. He got an assist and was only stopped from scoring on his debut by a last ditch tackle from a Grenada defender. He went on to receive nine official caps for Bermuda.

Personal life and death

Warren was the son of former

national footballer and Boulevard Blazers

Dwight Warren. He had two sisters, and listed

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as his favourite footballer. Warren was killed in a hit-and-run collision on 14 May 2023, aged 29. He was discovered with severe head injuries on North Shore Road in

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and died a short time later at

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. Months following the fatal collision, Warren's family (aided by the

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) plead with the public for any information surrounding his death. Shortly thereafter, former local Senator and Junior Minister for Health, National Security and Transport, Curtis Richardson, was charged with causing the death of Marco Warren by driving without due care and attention. Senior magistrate Maxanne Anderson released Mr. Richardson on $25,000 bail with

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and the matter is set to return to the courts in December of 2023.

References

1993 births 2023 deaths Bermudian men's footballers Bermuda men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders People from Warwick Parish Flagler College alumni 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Montverde Academy alumni Road incident deaths in Bermuda {{Bermuda-footy-bio-stub