Jorge Eladio Bolaño Correa (28 April 1977 – 6 April 2025) was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a

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. Bolaño played for the Colombia national team and was a participant at the

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Biography

Bolaño was born in

Santa Marta Santa Marta (), officially the Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (), is a port List of cities in Colombia, city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fou ...

, Colombia on 28 April 1977. His father Oscar Bolaño and his brothers Hugo and Oscar Jr also were footballers. Bolaño died due to a heart attack in

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, Colombia, on 6 April 2025, at the age of 47.Jorge Bolaño, morto a 47 anni l'ex centrocampista colombiano del Parma

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bolaño goal.''

Honours

Junior * Campeonato Colombiano: 1993,1995 Parma *

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: 2001–02

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* * 1977 births 2025 deaths Colombian men's footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Categoría Primera A players Serie A players Serie B players Atlético Junior footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players UC Sampdoria players US Lecce players Modena FC 2018 players Cúcuta Deportivo footballers Colombia men's international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1999 Copa América players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Magdalena Department 20th-century Colombian sportsmen 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Footballers from Santa Marta {{Colombia-footy-midfielder-stub