Marcos Coll

Marcos Coll
Marcos Coll 1962.
Personal information
Full name Marco Tulio Coll Tesillo
Date of birth (1935-08-23)23 August 1935
Place of birth Barranquilla, Colombia
Date of death 5 June 2017(2017-06-05) (aged 81)
Place of death Barranquilla, Colombia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1955 Sporting Club de Barranquilla
1955 Medellín
1956–1959 Deportes Tolima
1960 Club Atlético Platense
1960–1965 América de Cali
1965–1969 Deportes Tolima
1970–1971 Atlético Junior
International career
1956–1962 Colombia 11 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Tulio Coll Tesillo[1] (23 August 1935 – 5 June 2017), also known as El Olímpico was a Colombian professional footballer. He played for Junior de Barranquilla 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.

  1. ^ Olympic goal scorer Marcos Coll dies aged 81 fifa.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.