Marcos Coll

Marcos Coll

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

He started his career with Sporting Barranquilla (1952–55). In 1956, he played for Independiente Medellín and played his first match for Colombia in a 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualifier in the same year. He later played for Deportes Tolima in 1960. Shortly thereafter in 1962 Coll joined América de Cali where he was remembered with scoring a notable goal. In 1965 he played for Deportes Tolima. In the period of 1970-1971 Coll played for Atlético Junior after which he retired from his career as a footballer.

1962 Olympic goal

This achievement came in Arica, Chile, on 3 June 1962, during the development of the game between Colombia and the USSR of the first round of the World Cup. Colombia was down 4–1. Then they were given a corner kick. Marco Coll kicked the ball and scored a direct goal. Colombia would eventually tie with USSR with goals from Antonio Rada and Marino Klinger. At one interview, Coll claimed he aimed for the goal as the Colombian players were too short compared to their Russian opponents. Coll also said it was the first and only time he ever tried to score a goal from that position. The goal inspired a reaction to tie the game 4–4.

Club
Atlético Bucaramanga (1960–1960)
Club
Deportes Tolima (1956–1959)
Club
Junior de Barranquilla (1970–1971)
Club
Deportivo Independiente Medellín (1955–1955)
Club
América de Cali (1960–1965)
Club
Club Atlético Platense (1960–1960)
Club
Deportes Tolima (1965–1969)
Club
Colombia men's national football team (1956–1962)
National team
Colombia

Personal

Early life

Coll was born in Barranquilla in 1935.

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Colombian footballer (1935-2017)

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Marco Tulio Coll Tesillo, also known as El Olímpico, was a Colombian professional footballer. He played for América de Cali and other clubs, and represented Colombia in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He was famous for scoring the first and only Olympic goal in any men's FIFA World Cup, beating legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin in a 4–4 draw against the Soviets in 1962.

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