Rolando Serrano Explained

Rolando Serrano
Fullname:José Rolando Serrano Lazaro
Birth Date:1938 11, df=y
Birth Place:Pamplona, Colombia
Death Place:Cúcuta, Colombia
Height:1.71 m
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1957–1960
Clubs1:Cúcuta Deportivo
Years2:1961–1963
Clubs2:América de Cali
Years3:1964
Clubs3:Cúcuta Deportivo
Years4:1964–1965
Clubs4:Unión Magdalena
Years5:1966–1967
Clubs5:Millonarios
Years6:1968–1969
Clubs6:Atlético Junior
Nationalteam1:Colombia
Managerclubs1:Cúcuta Deportivo

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.[1] 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. He also competed for Colombia in the 1963 South American Championship.[2]

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

Serrano died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 83.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arcotrifunal.com. Silvio Salazar y Rolando Serrano hicieron noticia 25 años atrás. Spanish. 14 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051608/http://www.arcotriunfal.com/1822/silvio_salazar_y_rolando_serrano_hicieron_noticia_25_anos_atras.html. 26 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Tabeira, Martín. Southamerican Championship 1963. RSSSF. 12 August 2009.
  3. https://www.futbolred.com/curiosidades-de-futbol/murio-exmundialista-colombiano-rolando-serrano-abuelo-de-camila-osorio-160162 Murió exmundialista Rolando Serrano, abuelo de Camila Osorio