About Mauricio Serna
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. == 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. 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. 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. == 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. 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.
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