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 The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

. It lost both its first and third group stage matches, but drew the Soviet Union team under

1960 European Football Championship The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...

winning coach

Gavriil Kachalin Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin (russian: Гавриил Дмитриевич Качалин; 17 January 1911 – 23 May 1995) was a Soviet and Russian football player and coach. He led the USSR national football team to their greatest achiev ...

. He also competed for Colombia in the

1963 South American Championship The 1963 South American Championship was held in Bolivia between 10 and 31 March 1963. It was won by Bolivia with Paraguay second. This is, so far, Bolivia's only Copa America title. Squads For a complete list of participating squads see: ''1 ...

. After retiring from playing, Serrano was appointed the manager of local club Cúcuta Deportivo in January 1982. Serrano died on 13 June 2022, aged 83.Murió exmundialista Rolando Serrano, abuelo de Camila Osorio

References

1938 births 2022 deaths Colombian footballers Association football midfielders Colombia international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Cúcuta Deportivo footballers América de Cali footballers Unión Magdalena footballers Millonarios F.C. players Colombian football managers Cúcuta Deportivo managers People from Pamplona, Norte de Santander {{colombia-footy-bio-stub