[2] He helped the Cuban men's national volleyball team win the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

[3] He was the youngest member of the Cuban national team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh place.

[1][4] Marshall has played for numerous European club teams such as M. Roma Volley, Pallavolo Piacenza, and Fenerbahçe.

[5] In 2001, Marshall was one of six players on the Cuban national team to leave a hotel they stayed at in Flanders for a tournament, and from there rode a train to Italy for political asylum.

[6] Once they were granted asylum in Italy, this group was referred to as "the defectors".