{{Short description|Colombian footballer (1938–2023)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jairo Arias | image = | fullname = Jairo Arias Serna | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|11|29}} | birth_place = Colombia | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|13|1936|11|29}} | death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. | height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}} | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1957–1959 | clubs1 = Atlético Nacional | caps1 = 82 | goals1 = 21 | years2 = 1960 | clubs2 = Independiente Santa Fe | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1961–1962 | clubs3 = Atlético Nacional | caps3 = 72 | goals3 = 14 | years4 = 1963–1964 | clubs4 = Once Caldas | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 1964 | clubs5 = Unión Magdalena | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1965 | clubs6 = Once Caldas | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 248 | totalgoals = 41 | nationalyears1 = 1962–1963 | nationalteam1 = Colombia | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = April 16, 2013 | ntupdate = }}
'''Jairo Arias Serna''' (2 November 1938 – 13 October 2023) was a Colombian footballer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe52228/jairo-arias/ |title=Jairo Arias |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> He was a member of the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile.<ref>{{FIFA player|45777}}</ref> Arias died in Houston, Texas on 13 October 2023, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adiós a Jairo 'niño' Arias, ex jugador de la Selección y Atlético Nacional |url=https://telemedellin.tv/fallecio-jairo-arias-ex-nacional-y-colombia/676197/ |access-date=25 February 2024 |publisher=Tele Medellín |date=14 October 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Colombia squad 1962 FIFA World Cup}} {{Colombia squad 1963 South American Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, Jairo}} Category:1938 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Colombian men's footballers Category:Colombia men's international footballers Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players Category:Atlético Nacional footballers Category:Independiente Santa Fe footballers Category:Once Caldas footballers Category:Unión Magdalena footballers Category:Categoría Primera A players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:20th-century Colombian sportsmen
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