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.
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]
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]
| 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 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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