Background
Marín was born in the Calderón Guardia Hospital in San José, Costa Rica and grew up in Concepción de Tres Ríos.
Marín was born in the Calderón Guardia Hospital in San José, Costa Rica and grew up in Concepción de Tres Ríos.
He currently acts as the assistant manager of the national team Marin is regarded to be one of the finest Costa Rican football players of his generation. He made his professional debut for Carmelita on 13 September 1992 against Alajuelense, before moving to Alajuelense themselves.
In 1998 he moved abroad to play for Guatemalan side Universal Service Administrative Company alongside compatriots Try Bennett and Benjamín Mayorga and in 1999 he played in Uruguay for River Plate.
In 2000 he returned to Alajuelense. In 2006, Marín left Liga for another spell abroad, moving to Israeli outfit Maccabi Netanya.
After 3 seasons with Netanya, winning a total of 113 caps and scoring 2 goals in all club competitions, Marin left the club in summer 2009 for a final spell at Alajuelense. He announced his retirement in April 2011.
Marín made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 1993 friendly match against Panama and earned a total of 128 caps, scoring 5 goals.
He also played at the 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003 s as well as at the 1993,1998, 2002 and 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cups and the 2001 and 2004 Copa Américas. He also was a non-playing squad member at the 1997 Copa América. He played his final game for the national team on November 18, 2009, where they tied 1–1 to Uruguay.
The game meant that Costa Rica would not be in the 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup.
In Israel his nickname was "Superman". International goals Scores and results list Costa Rica"s goal tally first.
After retiring in May 2011, Marín was appointed assistant to manager Oscar Ramírez at Alajuelense and was named assistant national coach for the 2014 would Jorge Luis Pinto decide to resign as national team manager. Team honours with LD Alajuelense Team honours with Maccabi Netanya Team honours with Costa Rica Individual.