Marvin Obando

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Obandoand the second or maternal family name is Obando.

Marvin Obando

Personal information
Full name	Marvin Obando Obando
Date of birth	(1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Palmar Sur, Costa Rica
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1983	Herediano
1984	San Carlos
1985–1990	Herediano
1991	Cartaginés
1992	Saprissa
1992–1993	Herediano
1995	Herediano
1995–1997	Turrialba
1997–1998	Herediano
1998–1999	Ramonense
1999–2000	Municipal Puntarenas
Total		685	(70)
International career
1980–1994	Costa Rica	51	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marvin Obando Obando (born 4 April 1960 in Puntarenas Province) is a former Costa Rican football player who played most of his career for Herediano.

Born in Palmar Sur, ^[1] Obando played a total of 21 seasons in the Primera Division of Costa Rica between 1979 and 2000, and participated in 685 football games. He is the Costa Rican footballer with the most games played, surpassing Julio Fuller by 1 game. ^[2] He scored 70 goals in the process. ^[3]

Club career

Obando holds the record as the most-capped player in the Costa Rican Primera División with 685 appearances. He made his professional debut on 22 July 1979 for Herediano against Municipal Puntarenas ^[1] and scored his first goal on 9 September 1979 against San José. ^[4] He played from 1979 to 2000 with Herediano, scoring 48 goals ^[5] for them in 480 matches, ^[6] San Carlos, Cartaginés, Saprissa, Ramonense, Turrialba and Municipal Puntarenas. ^[7]

International career

Obando made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 1980 friendly match against Honduras ^[4] and competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. ^[8]

He was part of the national team squad, that played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. ^[9] The defender collected 51 caps, scoring 1 goal for the Tico's. ^[10]

He played his final international on 19 January 1994 against Norway.

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

N.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 June 1980	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Cuba		3–0	Friendly match

Managerial career

He has moved into the coaching side of the game currently coaching a 2nd division team in Costa Rica (Barrio Mexico). Also, he is now training a new soccer academy for kids of 14 years, called Buffalos Soccer Academy in Costa Rica. He works with Roberto Castro.

Personal life

He has two kids; a son who is also named Marvin and a daughter named Paola. ^[11]

Marvin Jr. played in the Costa Rican 1st Division, he debuted with Heredia when he was 17 years old. He is currently retired.

References

1. El arte de perseverar - Nación (in Spanish)
2. Marvin Obando es el que disputó más partidos en Primera División - Nación (in Spanish)
3. Un Obando dejó huella en el Team, el otro sigue sus pasos Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
4. El regreso de Obando - Nación (in Spanish)
5. Goleadores del C. S. Herediano - Nación (in Spanish)
6. En el Herediano el record se llama Germán Chavarría Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
7. Rivera, Arnoldo (10 March 2012). "Marvin Obando, el dueño de la marca" [Marvin Obando, the owner of the record] (in Spanish). La Nacion.
8. "Marvin Obando". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
9. Marvin Obando – FIFA competition record (archived)
10. "Costa Rica - Record International Players". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
11. Don Marvin pidió un “panta” de corduroy - Al Día (in Spanish)

External links

• Marvin Obando at National-Football-Teams.com