Jairo Arias

{{Short description|Colombian footballer (1938–2023)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jairo Arias

| image =

| fullname = Jairo Arias Serna

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|11|29}}

| birth_place = Colombia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|13|1936|11|29}}

| death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 1957–1959

| clubs1 = Atlético Nacional

| caps1 = 82

| goals1 = 21

| years2 = 1960

| clubs2 = Independiente Santa Fe

| caps2 = 15

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1961–1962

| clubs3 = Atlético Nacional

| caps3 = 72

| goals3 = 14

| years4 = 1963–1964

| clubs4 = Once Caldas

| caps4 = 57

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1964

| clubs5 = Unión Magdalena

| caps5 = 21

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1965

| clubs6 = Once Caldas

| caps6 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 248

| totalgoals = 41

| nationalyears1 = 1962–1963

| nationalteam1 = Colombia

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = April 16, 2013

| ntupdate =

}}

Jairo Arias Serna (2 November 1938 – 13 October 2023) was a Colombian footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jairo-arias/ |title=Jairo Arias |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=11 July 2021}} He was a member of the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile.{{FIFA player|45777}} Arias died in Houston, Texas on 13 October 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite news |title=Adiós a Jairo 'niño' Arias, ex jugador de la Selección y Atlético Nacional |url=https://telemedellin.tv/fallecio-jairo-arias-ex-nacional-y-colombia/676197/ |access-date=25 February 2024 |publisher=Tele Medellín |date=14 October 2023}}