Marvin Ávila

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Personal information
Marvin Ávila
Full name	Marvin Tomás Ávila Sánchez
Date of birth	December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06) (age 22)
Place of birth	Livingston, Guatemala
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	CSD Municipal
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2007 2007-	CD Suchitepéquez CSD Municipal	14 (2) 17(1)
National team²
2005–	Guatemala	17 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 31 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Marvin Tomás Ávila (born 6 December 1985) is a Guatemalan football striker who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division. He is also a member of the Guatemala national football team. Early in his career, he has become a rising star for Guatemala on the right wing although he occasionally plays on the left wing or behind the strikers.

[edit] Club career

Nicknamed "Titi Man", Ávila made his mark in the 2007 Clausura season, considered a breakthrough season for the winger, scoring 6 goals including a hat-trick against Deportivo Petapa. His form and quick rise for both his club and the national team were the main reasons behind his move to Guatemala's biggest club, Municipal, for the 2007-08 season. On his debut for Municipal in the 2007 Apertura against his former club, CD Suchitepéquez, he scored the winning goal, a spectacular one-time volley off a corner from Fredy García.

[edit] National team

Ávila made his international debut as a substitute in a match against the United States in a pre-World Cup friendly in 2006. He scored his first goal for the Guatemalan senior side in a friendly match against Honduras later that year.

On October 17, 2007, in a game against the Mexican national team, he came of age at the international level, scoring a brace (first the equalizer and then the winner) and setting up an earlier goal. This superb performance helped Guatemala beat Mexico for the first time in almost 9 years.

In 2007 and 2008 he was part of Guatemala's under-23 team scoring the winning goal against Haiti, and although the Guatemal National Team played really well throughout the tournament slowely they lost momentum and fell short of qualifying to the 2008 Olympic tournament.