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.
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]