Cecilio Waterman
 Waterman with Cobresal in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 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 | 40 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:34, 7 June 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz (born 13 April 1991) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
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]
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.[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
[edit]Club
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 6 June 2024[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| 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 | |
| Total | 40 | 10 | |
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Waterman goal.[6]
| 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 |
References
[edit]- ^ Baloy juega hoy la final – Waterman con primer gol Archived 2016-03-04 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 – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ a b "Cecilio Waterman". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Cecilio Waterman at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cecilio Waterman at Soccerway
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Panama City
- Men's association football wingers
- Panamanian men's footballers
- Sporting San Miguelito players
- Centro Atlético Fénix players
- Defensor Sporting players
- Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes players
- C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
- Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
- C.D. Cobresal footballers
- Club Alianza Lima footballers
- Liga Panameña de Fútbol players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Ascenso MX players
- Panama men's youth international footballers
- Pan American Games competitors for Panama
- Chilean Primera División players
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Panama men's international footballers
- Panamanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
- Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Panamanian football biography stubs