Vladimir Marín Ríos (born 26 September 1979) is a Colombian

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and coach. He plays for Obreros Unidos in the

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. He represented

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from 2006 to 2009.

Club career

Marín began his playing career with local club,

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, before joining Bolivian side

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for four seasons. Then he moved to

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where he played for a year, before returning to Colombia to play for

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. Marín had a brief spell in the Argentine Primera with

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before transferring to Paraguay's

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in January 2007. In 2009, Marín was loaned to

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of Mexico where he won the Bicentenario 2010 league title.

Return to Paraguayan League

2016–2022: Primera División and Lower Leagues

In the 2018 División Intermedia season, Marin appeared for Sportivo Trinidense, with colleagues as

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, Gerardo Fleitas and

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n Jang Hee-mang. In October 2018, Marin signed with General Caballero Carapeguá for the 2018/19 Liga Carapegüeña. In November 2018, Marin debuted as captain for General Caballero Benín Loma in a 1–1 draw with Olimpia in the Liga Carapegüeña. In the team as well was Adalberto Gonzalez and

. Marin's contract ran for the duration of the championship. In January 2019,

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announced that Marin signed with Encarnación team Athletic FBC to dispute the 2019 Primera B Nacional. He would summon to the pre-season works afterwards, due to commitments with his club from the Liga Carapegüeña, which was still in competition at the time. In 2020, Marin joined Pedro Juan Caballero team Mariscal Estigarribia to play the 2020 Copa Paraguay. In 2021, Marin joined

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in the Paraguay's

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, scoring an

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in September. In November 2021, Marin joined Club Obreros Unidos from the

International career

In the

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, Marín was substituted onto the field in the 63st minute for

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in a 5–0 group stage defeat against

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. Marín made several appearances for the

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, including four qualifying matches for the

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. On 6 June 2009, Marín was yellow carded in a 1–0 away defeat against

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in a World Cup qualification game. On 15 October 2009, Marín played his last game for Colombia in a 2–0 away victory against Paraguay in a World Cup qualification game.

Coaching career

In 2017, Marin exercised the Technical Direction of Sportivo Luqueño under-18 female team as league champions. The championship game was decided in a 4–3 penalty shoot out victory against

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following a 3–3 draw during the 90 minutes of reglumentary time. In January 2018, Marin was officially presented as Paraguay's women national team coach.

Personal life

Family and relationships

Marin's wife, Milena Narváez, who is the president of Sportivo Luqueño's Women's Team. In 2017, Marin's daughter, Maria Isabel Marín Narváez, was part of the Sportivo Luqueño U18 team when he was the coach.

References

External links

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