Rolando Serrano

{{Short description|Colombian footballer and manager (1938–2022)}}

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| fullname = José Rolando Serrano Lazaro

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|11|13}}

| birth_place = Pamplona, Colombia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|6|13|1938|11|13}}

| death_place = Cúcuta, Colombia

| height = 1.71 m{{Worldfootball.net|rolando-serrano}}

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1957–1960

| clubs1 = Cúcuta Deportivo

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| years2 = 1961–1963

| clubs2 = América de Cali

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| years3 = 1964

| clubs3 = Cúcuta Deportivo

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| years4 = 1964–1965

| clubs4 = Unión Magdalena

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| years5 = 1966–1967

| clubs5 = Millonarios

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| years6 = 1968–1969

| clubs6 = Atlético Junior

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| managerclubs1 = Cúcuta Deportivo

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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.{{cite web|publisher=Arcotrifunal.com|title=Silvio Salazar y Rolando Serrano hicieron noticia 25 años atrás|url=http://www.arcotriunfal.com/1822/silvio_salazar_y_rolando_serrano_hicieron_noticia_25_anos_atras.html|language=Spanish|accessdate=14 December 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051608/http://www.arcotriunfal.com/1822/silvio_salazar_y_rolando_serrano_hicieron_noticia_25_anos_atras.html|archivedate=26 April 2012}} 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.{{FIFA player|57855}} He also competed for Colombia in the 1963 South American Championship.{{cite web|author=Tabeira, Martín|title=Southamerican Championship 1963|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/63safull.html|date=12 August 2009}}

Later years

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.[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] {{in lang|es}}