César Samudio
Squad number 12 · Marathón
Their 2026 World Cup
César Samudio travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Panama, wearing number 12, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 3 matches (3 defeats) and bowed out in the group stage (Group L), beaten by England 2-0.
The goalkeeping job went to O. Mosquera (3 matches, 270′).
Another 6 players in the Panama squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Panama team page.
Biography
César Jair Samudio Murillo (born 23 February 1994) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Honduran side Marathón and the Panama national team.
Club career Born in Panama City, Samudio played as a senior for Chepo, Atlético Veragüense, Costa del Este, Plaza Amador and CAI in his home country. He won the 2022 Liga Panameña de Fútbol with the latter, being named the Most Valuable Player of the competition. On 7 January 2023, Samudio moved abroad and signed for Marathón in Honduras. Initially on loan, he signed a permanent contract until December 2026 with the club on 26 May.
International career Samudio received his first call-up to the Panama in April 2022, for a non-FIFA friendly against El Salvador. He made his debut on 1 May, starting in the 3–2 loss at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. Samudio's full international debut occurred on 10 June 2023, replacing Luis Mejía in a 3–2 win over Nicaragua.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)