Cecilio Waterman

Cecilio Waterman is a forward named in Thomas Christiansen's final 26-man Panama squad for the 2026 World Cup, listed among the forwards. The Universidad de Concepción striker is 35 at kick-off and brings 55 senior Panama caps and 15 international goals into the tournament, with both figures recorded up to late 2025. He returned to the Chilean club Universidad de Concepción in December 2025 and was named in the official 26-man squad announced on 26 May 2026.

Panama face England, Croatia and Ghana in Group L, with a meeting with England at MetLife Stadium on 27 June. Thomas Christiansen's side qualified by winning their CONCACAF third-round group on 18 November 2025, and Waterman is one of the forwards he named in that confirmed 26-man squad.

Waterman is a forward, a striker by trade and the role in which Thomas Christiansen named him among Panama's forwards for the 2026 World Cup. His recent club football is with Universidad de Concepción in Chile, where he scored three goals in eleven starts in the 2026 Chilean Primera.

At 35, his international record for Panama stands at 15 goals in 55 caps, a forward's tally built up across his senior career rather than at a single tournament.

Cecilio Waterman gives Panama a goalscoring forward in their Goal Rush squad: a striker with 15 international goals in 55 caps for Panama, now playing his club football for Universidad de Concepción. That forward's goal record is the contribution he brings to the team pick. Panama's £10m place sits in Tier 4, a low-band call within the game's £200m card budget, and the Group L draw sets the early fixtures for that pick.