Rolando Serrano
Personal information
Full name José Rolando Serrano Lazaro
Date of birth (1938-11-13)13 November 1938
Place of birth Pamplona, Colombia
Date of death 13 June 2022(2022-06-13) (aged 83)
Place of death Cúcuta, Colombia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Cúcuta Deportivo
1961–1963 América de Cali
1964 Cúcuta Deportivo
1964–1965 Unión Magdalena
1966–1967 Millonarios
1968–1969 Atlético Junior
International career
Colombia
Managerial career
Cúcuta Deportivo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Rolando Serrano Lazaro (13 November 1938 – 13 June 2022) was a Colombian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Serrano helped the Colombia national team qualify for its first ever World Cup: 1962 FIFA World Cup.[2] It lost both its first and third group stage matches, but drew the Soviet Union team under 1960 European Football Championship winning coach Gavriil Kachalin.[3] He also competed for Colombia in the 1963 South American Championship.[4]

After retiring from playing, Serrano was appointed the manager of local club Cúcuta Deportivo in January 1982.[2]

Serrano died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 83.[5]

References

  1. Rolando Serrano at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "Silvio Salazar y Rolando Serrano hicieron noticia 25 años atrás" (in Spanish). Arcotrifunal.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. Rolando SerranoFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. Tabeira, Martín (12 August 2009). "Southamerican Championship 1963". RSSSF.
  5. Murió exmundialista Rolando Serrano, abuelo de Camila Osorio (in Spanish)
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