Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo (23 August 1935 – 5 June 2017), also known as ''El Olímpico'' was a Colombian professional footballer. He played for
Junior de Barranquilla
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and other clubs, and represented
Colombia
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in the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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. He was famous for scoring the first and only until today
Olympic goal
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in any
FIFA World Cup
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, beating legendary goalkeeper
Lev Yashin
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in a 4–4 draw against
the Soviets in
1962
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Early life
Coll was born in
Barranquilla
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in 1935.
Career
He started his career with Sporting Barranquilla (1952–55). In 1956, he played for
Independiente Medellín
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and played his first match for
Colombia
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in a 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualifier in the same year. He later played for
Deportes Tolima
Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A.
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in 1960. Shortly thereafter in 1962 Coll joined
América de Cali
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where he was remembered with scoring a notable goal. In 1965 he played for
Deportes Tolima
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. In the period of 1970-1971 Coll played for
Atlético Junior
Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior, or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría ...
after which he retired from his career as a footballer.
1962 Olympic goal
This achievement came in
Arica, Chile
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, on 3 June 1962, during the development of the game between Colombia and the
USSR
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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
José Antonio "Toño" Rada Angulo (13 June 1937 – 1 June 2014) was a Colombian footballer who played as a midfielder .
International career
He played two matches for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which w ...
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.
Death
Coll died on 5 June 2017, aged 81, in his native Barranquilla after a short illness.
See also
*
Olympic goal
A corner kick is the method of restarting play in a game of association football when the ball goes out of play over the Goal line (association football), goal line, without a Scoring in association football, goal being scored and having last ...
*
1962 FIFA World Cup
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References
External links
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1935 births
2017 deaths
Footballers from Barranquilla
Colombian footballers
Colombia international footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
Categoría Primera A players
Independiente Medellín footballers
Deportes Tolima footballers
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
América de Cali footballers
Atlético Junior footballers
Colombian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Atlético Junior managers
Association football midfielders
Colombian football managers
Colombian people of Scottish descent
Deportes Tolima managers