Edgar Marín

Edgar Marín
Personal information
Full name	Edgar Ceferino Marín Leví
Date of birth	22 May 1943 (age 78)
Place of birth	Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1956–1962	Saprissa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1967	Saprissa
1967–1968	Oakland Clippers
1969	Kansas City Spurs
1970–1979	Saprissa
National team
1963–1976	Costa Rica
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Edgar Ceferino Marín Leví (born 22 May 1943) is a Costa Rican retired footballer.

Club career[]

Born in , Puntarenas,^[1] Marín made his league debut in 1962 for Deportivo Saprissa against Uruguay de Coronado^[2] and played for them until 1967 before moving to the NASL to play for the Oakland Clippers and Kansas City Spurs. He also failed tests for PEC Zwolle and Go Ahead Eagles^[2] in the Netherlands.^[3]

Marín won 12 Primera División de Costa Rica titles with Deportivo Saprissa during the 1960s and 1970s.^[4] He won six consecutive titles from 1972 to 1977.^[5]

Marín also represented Costa Rica at the international level, representing his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[6]^[7] He won a total of 32 caps, scoring 4 goals.^[2]

He retired in 1979.

^ "Figuras del ayer: Edgar Marín". UNAFUT. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c Carrera de Édgar Marín en el fútbol Archived 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
^ Calvo Castro, Rodrigo (21 September 1999). "A las puertas de la gloria" [At the gates of glory] (in Spanish). La Nación.
^ "Dirigencia dice que el morado se mantendrá". Al Día. 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
^ "EDGAR MARIN LEVI" (in Spanish). Salón de la Fama del Deporte Costarricense. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ Edgar Marín – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Edgar Marín – FIFA competition record (archived)

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