Rolando Serrano

Rolando Serrano

Personal information
Full name	José Rolando Serrano Lazaro
Date of birth	(1938-11-13)13 November 1938
Place of birth	Pamplona, Colombia
Date of death	13 June 2022(2022-06-13) (aged 83)
Place of death	Cúcuta, Colombia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1960	Cúcuta Deportivo
1961–1963	América de Cali
1964	Cúcuta Deportivo
1964–1965	Unión Magdalena
1966–1967	Millonarios
1968–1969	Atlético Junior
International career
	Colombia
Managerial career
	Cúcuta Deportivo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. 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.

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.

Personal life

His granddaughter Camila Osorio is a tennis player.