Marco Urena

Marcos Danilo Urena Porras, known as Marco Urena (born 5 March 1990) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Australian club Central Coast Mariners. He has also played for the Costa Rica national team.

Club Career

Born in San Jose, Costa Rica, Urena started his career at Primera Division side Alajuelense and in March 2011, he joined Russian Premier League side Kuban Krasnodar.

In August 2014, Urena moved to Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland on a four-month loan deal. The contract was made permanent on 10 December 2014.

On 21 July 2016, Midtjylland and Brondby IF agreed to swap Urena with Jonas Borring in a three-year deal.

It was announced on 27 January 2017 that Urena had been signed by Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes. He scored his first MLS goal in a 2–1 road loss to New York City FC at Yankee Stadium on 1 April 2017. Urena recorded his first MLS assist at home to achieve a 1–1 draw against Seattle Sounders FC on 8 April 2017. His game-winning goal over Minnesota United FC on 22 October secured San Jose's sixth-place spot in the 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs, the team's first playoff appearance since 2012.

On 12 December 2017, MLS expansion side Los Angeles FC selected Urena as its third pick in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft.

Following his release by Los Angeles, Urena was selected by Chicago Fire in the MLS Waiver Draft on 12 December 2018. However, he opted to join Alajuelense on 21 January 2019.

On 24 March 2020, Urena joined Gwangju FC of the South Korean K League.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Маркос Уренья (russian)