Luis Antonio Marín Murillo (born 10 August 1974) is a

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n former professional

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, who played as a

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, and former captain of the Costa Rica national team. He is currently the manager of Sporting San José. Marin was regarded to be one of the finest Costa Rican footballers of his generation.

Club career

Marín was born in the Calderón Guardia Hospital in

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and grew up in

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.Perfil de jugadores de la Selección Nacional Luis Antonio Marín
- Nación He made his professional debut for Carmelita on 13 September 1992 against Alajuelense, before moving to

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themselves. In 1998, he moved abroad to play for Guatemalan side USAC alongside compatriots

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and Benjamín Mayorga and in 1999 he played in

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for River Plate. In 2000, he returned to Alajuelense. In 2006, Marín left ''Liga'' for another spell abroad, moving to Israeli outfit

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. After 3 seasons with Netanya, winning a total of 113 caps, scoring 2 goals in all club competitions and becoming a fan favorite earning the nickname "superman", Marin left the club in summer 2009 for a final spell at Alajuelense. He announced his retirement in April 2011.Marín anunció retiro del futbol
Although he was known for being a great defender, he was also known for consistently scoring accidental own goals. - Nación

International career

Marín made his debut for

in a June 1993

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against

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and earned a total of 128 caps, scoring 5 goals. He represented his country in 41

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matches and played in all 3 games during both the

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and

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s. He also played at the

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

and

2003 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup was an association football tournament. It was held in two venues in Panama in February 2003, and was played in a Round-robin tournament, round robin tournament, each of the 6 teams playing each other once. Costa Rica ...

s as well as at the

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with ga ...

s and the

and

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s. He also was a non-playing squad member at the

1997 Copa América The 1997 Copa America was the 38th edition of the Copa America. It was held in Bolivia from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. In this edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invited teams to br ...

. He played his final game for the national team on 18 November 2009, where they tied 1–1 to Uruguay. The game meant that Costa Rica would not be in the

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. In Israel his nickname was "

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marín goal''.

Managerial career

After retiring in May 2011, Marín was appointed assistant to manager Oscar Ramírez at Alajuelense and was named assistant national coach for the 2014 UNCAF Nations Cup would Jorge Luis Pinto decide to resign as national team manager.

Personal life

Marín is married to Elizabeth Chavarría and they have two daughters and a son.Luis Marín jugará un torneo más con el Maccabi Netanya
- Nación

Honours

As a player

Alajuelense * Primera División (8): 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, Invierno 2010, Verano 2011; runner-up: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98 *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Maccabi Netanya *

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runner-up: 2006–07, 2007–08 Costa Rica *

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

; runner-up 2001 Individual *

Best Foreign Player of the Year: 2006–07

As a manager

Primera División de Costa Rica The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Liga de Fútbol de Primera División (Liga FPD), and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Uni ...

: Clausura 2019

References

External links

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Nacion.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marin, Luis 1974 births Living people Costa Rican men's footballers Footballers from San José, Costa Rica A.D. Carmelita footballers Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers Universidad SC players Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players FIFA Men's Century Club Liga FPD players Israeli Premier League players 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1997 Copa América players 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2001 Copa América players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2004 Copa América players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Costa Rica men's international footballers Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Israel Men's association football defenders CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players