Cecilio Waterman
 Waterman with Panama in 2026 | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1991 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||
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Current team | Universidad de Concepción | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Río Abajo | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Sporting San Miguelito | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2010 | Sporting San Miguelito | 4 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2011–2020 | Fénix | 127 | (18) | ||||||||
| 2016 | → Venados (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Defensor Sporting (loan) | 17 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2019 | → Plaza Colonia (loan) | 32 | (16) | ||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Universidad de Concepción | 32 | (17) | ||||||||
| 2021 | → Everton (loan) | 23 | (6) | ||||||||
| 2022 | → Cobresal (loan) | 24 | (11) | ||||||||
| 2023 | Cobresal | 25 | (10) | ||||||||
| 2024 | Alianza Lima | 15 | (5) | ||||||||
| 2025 | Coquimbo Unido | 27 | (11) | ||||||||
| 2026– | Universidad de Concepción | 11 | (3) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Panama U20 | 9 | (6) | ||||||||
| 2012 | Panama U23 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2010–2026 | Panama | 57 | (15) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:15, 24 June 2026 (UTC) |
Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz (born 13 April 1991) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean club Universidad de Concepción and the Panama national team.
Club career
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Waterman made his professional debut with Sporting San Miguelito on 26 September 2010 in a match against Atlético Chiriquí in Panama.
In mid-2011, he was transferred to the Uruguayan club Centro Atlético Fénix, where he scored his first goal in May 2012 against Racing.[1]
In 2022 and 2023, he played for Chilean Primera División club Cobresal, finishing as runners-up in the 2023 season.[2]
One year later, he signed with Peruvian club Alianza Lima to play in the 2024 Liga 1 season.[3][4]
In 2025, Waterman returned to Chile to join Coquimbo Unido,[5] contributing to the club's first Chilean top-flight title.[6] He left them at the end of the season.[7]
On 25 December 2025, Waterman returned to Universidad de Concepción after his stint in 2020–21.[8]
International career
[edit]Waterman was part of the Panama U-20 squad for the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where he scored four goals helping his country qualify to the Youth World Cup in Colombia.[9]
He made his senior debut for Panama in a December 2010 friendly match against Honduras and has, as of 15 August 2015, earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. In 2013, he was called up by Julio Dely Valdés to play the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
On 20 March 2025 Waterman scored a late winning goal against the United States, taking Panama to the final of the CONCACAF Nations League for the first time in their history after losing two prior semi-finals.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 23 June 2026[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 15 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 57 | 15 |
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Waterman goal.[11]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 5 June 2021 | Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama |  Anguilla | 2–0 | 13–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 6–0 | |||||
| 3 | 8 June 2021 | Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama |  Dominican Republic | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 12 June 2021 | Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama |  Curaçao | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 5 September 2021 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica |  Jamaica | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 12 November 2021 | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras |  Honduras | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 16 November 2021 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  El Salvador | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 2 June 2022 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  Costa Rica | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 9 | 7 September 2023 | Estadio Universitario, Penonomé, Panama |  Martinique | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 10 | 16 November 2023 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 11 | 8 February 2025 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile |  Chile | 1–3 | 1–6 | Friendly |
| 12 | 20 March 2025 | SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, United States |  United States | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals |
| 13 | 13 November 2025 | Estadio Manuel Felipe Carrera, Guatemala City, Guatemala |  Guatemala | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 2–0 | |||||
| 15 | 3 June 2026 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panamá | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Panama
- CONCACAF Gold Cup runner-up: 2013,[12] 2023[13]
- CONCACAF Nations League runner-up: 2024–25[14]
- Coquimbo Unido
References
[edit]- ↑ Baloy juega hoy la final – Waterman con primer gol Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- ↑ Sánchez, Francisco (18 December 2023). "Una figura del fútbol chileno dice adiós". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVO | Cecilio Waterman deja el fútbol chileno y es nuevo refuerzo de Alianza Lima". En Cancha (in Spanish). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ Galiano, Renzo (2 January 2024). "Alianza Lima halló a su '9′ para el 2024: Cecilio Waterman llegó a Perú para firmar su contrato". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ "Cecilio Waterman se sumó a la tripulación pirata". Mi Radio (in Spanish). 13 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ↑ "🏴☠ Pirate love: Coquimbo Unido, Chile's underdogs making history". OneFootball. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ "La nueva salida que remece a Coquimbo Unido: "Ojalá en algún momento nuestros caminos se vuelvan a encontrar"". 24 horas (in Spanish). 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ↑ Concha, Julián (25 December 2025). "Regalos de Navidad: U. de Concepción anuncia el regreso Cecilio Waterman y Deportes Concepción da el golpe con Leonardo Valencia". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
- ↑ Cecilio Waterman – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ↑ "Panama stun USMNT with stoppage-time winner to reach Nations League final". Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- 1 2 "Cecilio Waterman". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Chappell, Bill (29 July 2013). "U.S. Beats Panama, 1-0, To Win Gold Cup Title". NPR. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ↑ "Mexico 1-0 Panama (Jul 16, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ↑ "Mexico beat Panama with stoppage-time penalty for CONCACAF Nations League title". Reuters. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Cecilio Waterman at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cecilio Waterman at Soccerway
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