Marcos Coll

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Marcos Coll
Full name	Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo
Date of birth	August 23, 1935 (1935-08-23) (age 72)
Place of birth	Barranquilla, Colombia
Height	?
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
?	?
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1952-1955 1955 1956-1959 1960 1960-1965 1965-1969 1970-1971	Sporting Barranquilla Independiente Medellín Deportes Tolima Atletico Bucaramanga América de Cali Deportes Tolima Junior Barranquilla	? )
National team
1956-1962	Colombia	? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo (born 23 August 1935 in Barranquilla, Colombia, also known as "El Olympico") was a former International professional footballer who played for América de Cali and other clubs, and represented Colombia in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He is notable for scoring a Olympic goal against USSR after getting a corner kick.

1 Biography
2 1962 Olympic Goal
3 See Also
4 External Links

[edit] Biography

Coll was born in Barranquilla in 1935.He started his carrer with Sporting Barranquilla 1952-1955.Then in 1956 he played for Independiente Medellín and played his first match for Colombia in a 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualifier the same year.He later played for Deportes Tolima in 1960 and then shortley went to América de Cali and played in the 1962 scoring a notable goal.Then in 1965 he played for Deportes Tolima and then in 1970-1971 played for Atlético Junior then retiring football.

[edit] 1962 Olympic Goal

The recent and the 2nd Olympic goal was scored in 1962 while Colombia was down 4-1, Colombia got a Corner kick.Marcos Coll kicked the Goal and hit the Net and was a Goal. Colombia would eventulley tie with USSR with goals from Antonio Rada and Marino Klinger.And would eventulley lose to Yugoslavia 5-0 and would finish last in there group.Since then, may players have scored like this including Parlermo's Mark Bresciano, Inter's (on loan to Torino F.C.) Álvaro Recoba and Macedonia's Artim Šakiri.

[edit] See Also

[edit] External Links

v • d • e Colombia squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup

1 Sánchez • 2 Vivas • 3 Zuluaga • 4 Alzate • 5 J. González • 6 Calle • 7 Aponte • 8 Echeverry • 9 Silva • 10 Serrano • 11 López • 12 Tovar • 13 Aceros • 14 Paz • 15 Coll • 16 Pérez • 17 Klinger • 18 Escobar • 19 Gamboa • 20 Rada • 21 H. González • 22 Arias • Coach: Pedernera