Cecilio Waterman
Waterman with Cobresal in 2023
Personal information
Full name Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz
Date of birth (1991-04-13) April 13, 1991
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker / Winger
Youth career
2007–2009 Río Abajo
2010 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
International career‡
2011 Panama U20 9 (6)
2012 Panama U23 4 (1)
2010– Panama 21 (8)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Panama
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up2023 United States–CanadaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:30, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz (born 13 April 1991) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Club career

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]

International career

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.[5]

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.

Career statistics

Club

International

As of match played 2 June 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Panama 201010
201210
201350
201910
202020
202187
202231
Total218
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Waterman goal.[6]
List of international goals scored by Cecilio Waterman
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
15 June 2021Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama Anguilla2–013–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
26–0
38 June 2021 Dominican Republic3–03–0
412 June 2021 Curaçao2–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
55 September 2021Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica3–03–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
612 November 2021Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Honduras1–23–2
716 November 2021Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama El Salvador1–12–1
82 June 2022 Costa Rica2–02–02022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A

References

  1. ↑ Baloy juega hoy la final – Waterman con primer gol Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Sánchez, Francisco (18 December 2023). "Una figura del fútbol chileno dice adiós". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Cecilio Waterman – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. 1 2 "Cecilio Waterman". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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