Dennis Marshall (footballer, born 1985)

Dennis Marshall
	Marshall playing for AaB
Personal information
Full name	Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell
Date of birth	9 August 1985
Place of birth	Limón, Costa Rica
Date of death	23 June 2011 (aged 25)
Place of death	San José, Costa Rica
Position(s)	Center back, left back
Youth career
2006–2007	Limonense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Puntarenas
2009	→ Herediano (loan)
2009–2011	AaB
National team
2009–2011	Costa Rica
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell (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. He joined Herediano on loan for the 2009 Verano season.

In September 2009 he moved abroad to play for Danish Superliga club AaB.

International career

Marshall made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago 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 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

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.

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 20 kilometres (12 mi) 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 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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.