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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marco Tulio Coll Tesillo | ||
Date of birth | 23 August 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
Date of death | 5 June 2017 | (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.