César Yanis

César Yanis is a winger named in Thomas Christiansen's final 26-man Panama squad for the 2026 World Cup. Full name César Augusto Yanis Velasco, the Cobresal forward is 30 at kick-off and brings 54 senior Panama caps and five international goals into the tournament, with those figures recorded as of late May 2026. He plays his club football for the Chilean club Cobresal 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 Yanis is one of the players he named in that confirmed 26-man squad.

Yanis is a winger, the wide forward role he plays for the Chilean club Cobresal, where he recorded two assists in the 2026 Chilean Primera. That is the position in which Thomas Christiansen named him in Panama's 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup.

At 30, his international record for Panama stands at five goals in 54 caps, a contribution from wide areas built up across his senior career.

César Yanis gives Panama a wide forward in their Goal Rush squad: a winger who plays his club football for Cobresal and brings five goals in 54 caps for Panama into the tournament. That work from the flank is the contribution he offers 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.