Luis Marín

Marín was born in the Calderón Guardia Hospital in San José, Costa Rica and grew up in Concepción de Tres Ríos. 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 USAC 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, 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 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 represented his country in 41 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in all 3 games during both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. He also played at the 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003 UNCAF Nations Cups 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 18 November 2009, where they tied 1–1 to Uruguay. The game meant that Costa Rica would not be in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In Israel his nickname was "Superman".

International goals

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

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.

As a youth player, Marín was with a Colo-Colo football academy based in Casablanca and also represented the Valparaíso's team and Unión Cordillera. After trialed with Santiago Wanderers and Colo-Colo, he signed with Audax Italiano as a professional player. Marin began his professional career playing for Audax Italiano from 2003 to 2006, and later in 2007 he joined Lota Schwager. In 2008, Marín was signed by Unión Española. His performances at Unión led to being selected for the Chile national football team to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In January 2011 he signed for O'Higgins and was captain of the team, reaching the 2012 Torneo Apertura final lost with Universidad de Chile on the penalty shoot-out, club which Marín signed a two-year loan in 2013. On 18 December 2014, after he finished contract with Universidad de Chile, Marin signed for Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. After playing Sporting KC's first eight matches (2–2–4) of 2015 with 19 saves, three shutouts and a 1.50 goals against average, Marin agreed to terminate his contract on 27 May. On 3 June 2015, he returned his country for join Palestino.

He received his first call up to play for Chile in May 2010 against Trinidad and Tobago, performing well in a 2–0 win at Iquique. After appearing in a 0–0 draw with Venezuela at Temuco and once in the 2010 FIFA World Cup provisional list, against Mexico, he finally was included in the 23-man list by Marcelo Bielsa to represents Chile at South Africa.

Marín is married to Elizabeth Chavarría and they have two daughters and a son.

Universidad de Chile Primera División de Chile: 2014 Apertura Individual Medalla Bicentenario: 2010