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 Waterman with Cobresal in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker, winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Coquimbo Unido | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Panama U20 | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Panama U23 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Panama | 44 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:21, 24 March 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz (born 13 April 1991) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean Primera División club Coquimbo Unido and the Panama national team.
Club career
[edit]Waterman made his professional debut playing with Sporting San Miguelito on 26 September 2010 against Atlético Chiriquí.
In mid 2011 he was transferred to Uruguayan side Centro Atlético Fénix, for whom he scored his first goal in May 2012 against Racing.[1]
In 2022 and 2023, he played for Chilean Primera División side Cobresal, reaching the second place in the 2023 season.[2]
In 2024, he would sign a new contract to play for Alianza Lima during the 2024 Liga 1.[3][4]
In 2025, Waterman returned to Chile and signed with Coquimbo Unido.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 23 March 2025[8]
| 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 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total | 44 | 12 | |
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Waterman goal.[8]
| 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 |  Dominican Republic | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | 12 June 2021 |  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 | |
| 7 | 16 November 2021 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  El Salvador | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 8 | 2 June 2022 |  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 | |
| 11 | 8 February 2025 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago de Chile, Chile |  Chile | 1–3 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 12 | 20 March 2025 | SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, United States |  United States | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals |
Honours
[edit]Panama
- CONCACAF Gold Cup runner-up: 2013,[9] 2023[10]
- CONCACAF Nations League runner-up: 2024–25[11]
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.
- ^ Cecilio Waterman – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Panama stun USMNT with stoppage-time winner to reach Nations League final". Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ a b "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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