Óscar McFarlane

Óscar Emilio McFarlane Ortega (born 29 November 1980) is a Panamanian football goalkeeper for the San Francisco of the LPF.

Óscar McFarlane

Personal information
Full name	Óscar McFarlane Ortega
Date of birth	(1980-11-29) 29 November 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Panama City, Panama
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Tauro
Number	54
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Ejecutivo Jr.		(0)
1998–1999	Plaza Amador		(0)
2000–2002	Panama Viejo	50	(7)
2003–2008	Tauro	177	(11)
2008	Sporting San Miguelito	16	(0)
2009	CNI	18	(0)
2010	Chorrillo	7	(0)
2011–2012	Sporting San Miguelito	19	(0)
2012–2014	Río Abajo	40	(0)
2014–2015	Pérez Zeledón	6	(0)
2015–2016	San Francisco	7	(0)
2016 –	Tauro F.C.	29	(0)
International career‡
2001–14	Panama	37	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 20, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals as of March 31, 2015

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is McFarlane and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.

Club career

Nicknamed La Bruja, McFarlane played for several local clubs before embarking on a lengthy spell at Tauro. He moved abroad to play for Peruvian side CNI in December 2008 from Sporting San Miguelito^[1] and in June 2014 he joined Costa Rican side Pérez Zeledón.^[2] He returned to Panama in March 2015 to play for San Francisco^[3] but regulations of the LPF delayed his debut for the club since his license was not released in time by Pérez Zeledón.^[4]

International career

He has been a member of all the youth processes of the Panama national team.

McFarlane made his senior debut for Panama in an April 2001 friendly match against Haiti and has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of 26 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup.^[5]

On May 31, 2014, after a 5-year absence from the national football team, he started at goalkeeper in the 1–1 tie against Serbia.

Murder allegations and jail

In March 2011, McFarlane was jailed and accused for shooting a man during a fight in San Miguelito.^[6] Three years earlier, he had been arrested once for illegal possession of weapons.^[7] In November 2012, he was declared innocent by the Second Superior Court after spending 20 months in the El Renacer jail.^[8]

Honors

Panama Viejo

• ANAPROF: 2001

Tauro

• ANAPROF: 2003, 2007

Panama

• CONCACAF Gold Cup runner-up: 2005^[9]
• UNCAF Nations Cup Runner-Up (1): 2007

Individual

• Chosen three times as best goalkeeper of ANAPROF (2001, 2003, 2006)
• Chosen best player of ANAPROF in 2006