{{short description|Colombian footballer (born 1968)}} {{family name hatnote|Serna|Valencia|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Mauricio Serna | fullname = Mauricio Alberto Serna Valencia | image = Chicho Serna.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|1|22}} | birth_place = Medellín, Colombia | height = 1.66 m | currentclub = Boca Juniors II (interim manager) | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1990 | clubs1 = Deportivo Pereira | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 1991–1997 | clubs2 = Atlético Nacional | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1997–2002 | clubs3 = Boca Juniors | caps3 = 91 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2002–2003 | clubs4 = Puebla | caps4 = 96 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2004 | clubs5 = Chacarita Juniors | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2004 | clubs6 = Talleres de Córdoba | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2005 | clubs7 = Atlético Nacional | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 1993–2001 | nationalteam1 = Colombia | nationalcaps1 = 51 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | manageryears1 = 2021– | managerclubs1 = Boca Juniors II (interim) }} '''Mauricio Alberto "Chicho" Serna Valencia''' (born 22 January 1968) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Serna played for a number of clubs, including Deportivo Pereira, Atlético Nacional, Boca Juniors (Argentina), Puebla F.C. (Mexico), Chacarita Juniors (Argentina) and Talleres Córdoba (Argentina). He also appeared 51 times for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2001.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/col-recintlp.html rsssf: Colombia record international footballers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230210624/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/col-recintlp.html |date=30 December 2008 }}</ref>
==Career== Serna was born in Medellín. At Boca, he played 96 league games, amounting to a total of 123 in all competitions, and also served as captain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Serna, Mauricio Alberto|url=http://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/jugadores.asp?CodJug=757&AnioInicial=1905&AnioFinal=2010&OpTipoTorneos=6&Buscar=Buscar&CodRiv=0&CodCan=0&condicion=0|publisher=Historiadeboca.com.ar|accessdate=1 November 2010|archive-date=18 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318062030/http://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/jugadores.asp?CodJug=757&AnioInicial=1905&AnioFinal=2010&OpTipoTorneos=6&Buscar=Buscar&CodRiv=0&CodCan=0&condicion=0|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Serna played for the Colombia national team and was a participant at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups.
==After retirement== In February 2021, Serna accepted a position at Boca's youth department.<ref>[https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/02/25/el-chicho-serna-vuelve-a-boca-juniors-equipo-donde-brillo-como-jugador/ El ‘chicho‘ Serna vuelve a Boca Juniors, equipo donde brilló como jugador], infobae.com, 25 February 2021</ref>
On 17 August 2021, Boca's reserve team manager, Sebastián Battaglia, was appointed first team manager on interim basis, while Serna and Hugo Ibarra took charge of the reserve team, also on interim basis.<ref>[https://tntsports.com.ar/ligaprofesional/Sebastian-Battaglia-es-el-nuevo-director-tecnico-de-la-Reserva-y-en-su-reemplazo-asumira-la-dupla-conformada-por-Hugo-Ibarra-y-Chicho-Serna-20210817-0009.html Sebastián Battaglia es el nuevo director técnico de Boca y en su reemplazo en Reserva asumirá la dupla conformada por Hugo Ibarra y Chicho Serna], tntsports.com.ar, 17 August 2021</ref>
==Personal life== On 5 May 2015, he was publicly accused on the ''Séptimo día'' television program in his native Colombia of defrauding an innumerable number of young soccer players with the promise that they had been signed by Argentine clubs, making them travel to the country asking them in advance a commission for the supposed signings.<ref>[https://comutricolor.com/seleccion-colombia/chicho-serna-presunta-estafa-jovenes-futbolistas/ Mauricio "Chicho" Serna habría estafado a jóvenes promesas del fútbol], comutricolor.com, 5 May 2015</ref>
On 5 June 2018, a court in Buenos Aires linked him to the crimes of drug trafficking and money laundering in Argentina for a figure close to three million dollars.<ref>[https://www.clarin.com/policiales/procesan-chicho-serna-viuda-hijo-pablo-escobarpor-lavado-dinero-narco_0_BkHFG0MgX.amp.html La banda del “Café de los Angelitos” - Procesan a “Chicho” Serna y a la viuda y al hijo de Pablo Escobar por lavado de dinero narco], clarin.com, 5 June 2018</ref> In 2019, he was again accused before a United States court by the drug trafficker José Bayron Piedrahíta (better known by his aliases of "El Árabe" or "El Patrón de Caucasia") of having committed the crime of money laundering together with Pablo Escobar's widow and son through real estate deals in Argentina and Panama.<ref>[https://www.futbolred.com/colombianos-en-el-exterior/chicho-serna-el-es-jose-bayron-piedrahita-narco-que-lo-delato-noticias-colombia-118593 El señalado narcotraficante que habló y tiene en problemas al Chicho], futbolred.com, 9 June 2019</ref>
==Honours== '''Atlético Nacional''' * Categoría Primera A: 1994
'''Boca Juniors''' * Argentine Primera División: Apertura 1998, Clausura 1999, Apertura 2000 * Copa Libertadores: 2000, 2001 * Copa Intercontinental: 2000
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120601100126/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=10533&SEOFutbolista=Serna+Mauricio+Alberto Argentine Primera statistics]}} at Fútbol XXI {{in lang|es}} * {{NFT player|12599}}
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