Alexis Mac Allister

Alexis Mac Allister (born 24 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, and the Argentina national team.[1]

Alexis Mac Allister
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998
Place of birth La Pampa, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Central midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 10
Youth career
Social Parque
Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Argentinos Juniors 56 (8)
2019– Brighton & Hove Albion 2 (0)
2019 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 19 (3)
2019 → Boca Juniors (loan) 13 (1)
National team
2020– Argentina U23 5 (4)
2019– Argentina 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 june 2020

Club career

Argentinos Juniors

Mac Allister, like his two brothers, started his career with Club Social y Deportivo Parque before joining Argentinos Juniors' youth setup.[3] He made his professional debut on 30 October 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Iván Colman in a 0–0 Primera B Nacional home draw against Central Córdoba.[4]

Mac Allister scored his first professional goal on 10 March 2017, netting in a 2–1 away loss against Instituto. He contributed with three goals in 23 appearances during his first senior campaign, as his side achieved promotion to Primera División as champions. He made his debut in the latter category on 9 September, starting in a 2–1 loss at Patronato.[5]

On 25 November 2017, Mac Allister and his two brothers played all together for the first time, in a 1–0 loss at San Lorenzo; Alexis and Francis were starters, while Kevin came in as a substitute.[6] He scored his first goal in the top tier on 5 March 2018, netting the opener in a 2–0 home defeat of Boca Juniors.[7]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 24 January 2019, Mac Allister signed for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

His made his debut for the club as an 80th minute substitute in a 0–0 draw away to Wolverhampton Wanderers in March 2020.[8] He made his first start for Brighton in a 0–0 draw away to Leicester City, playing 58 minutes before being substituted.[9]

Argentinos Juniors (loan)

As part of the Brighton deal, Mac Allister was loaned back to Argentinos Juniors for the remainder of the 2018–19 Premier League season.[10]

Boca Juniors (loan)

In June 2019, Boca Juniors completed the loan signing of Mac Allister; linking him up with brother Kevin, who had joined the club on loan six months prior.[11][12] Mac Allister netted on his Boca debut, scoring the club's only goal in the first leg of a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen victory over Athletico Paranaense on 25 July.[1] On 5 August, Mac Allister played his first league game for Boca as he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 away victory against Patronato.[1]

International career

Soon after debuting for Argentinos, Mac Allister received a call-up from Claudio Úbeda for the Argentina under-20s.[13] He was selected for the senior team for the first time in August 2019, ahead of friendlies in the United States in September versus Chile and Mexico.[14] His international bow arrived in the match with Chile at the Los Angeles Coliseum on 5 September.[1]

Personal life

Mac Allister was born in La Pampa.

Mac Allister's older brothers Francis and Kevin are also professional footballers.[15] They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister, both retired footballers.[15] Mac Allister is of Scottish and Irish descent. Some ancestors hailed from Fife.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 2 October 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Argentinos Juniors 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 23310———243
2017–18 Primera División 24211———253
2018–19 9320—00—113
Total 56841—00—609
Brighton & Hove Albion 2018–19 Premier League 100000——10
Argentinos Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Primera División 10220512[lower-alpha 1]0—193
Boca Juniors (loan) 2019–20 Primera División 6010005[lower-alpha 2]1—121
Career total 7210715171—9113
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

International
As of 10 September 2019[1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 201920
Total20

Honours

Argentinos Juniors

Boca Juniors

Argentina

References
  1. "Alexis Mac Allister profile". Soccerway. Perform Group. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. "Alexis Mac Allister". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:Spiel. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. Daniel Avellaneda (6 March 2018). "La dinastía Mac Allister: Alexis, Kevin, Francis, los brotes colorados de Argentinos Juniors" [The Mac Allister dynasty: Alexis, Kevin, Francis, the red prospects of Argentinos Juniors]. Clarín Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. "Empataron Argentinos Juniors y Central Córdoba" [Argentinos Juniors and Central Córdoba draw] (in Spanish). Diario La Jornada. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. "Argentinos debutó con derrota en la Superliga" [Argentinos debuted with defeat in the Superliga]. ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). ESPN Sport Media. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. "Los (tres) hermanos sean unidos..." [(Three) brothers be united...] (in Spanish). Olé. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. Oscar Barnarde (5 March 2018). "Boca tuvo una noche muy mala y cayó con un sólido Argentinos" [Boca had a very poor night and fell against a solid Argentinos] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  8. Emlyn Begley (7 March 2020). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. "Leicester City 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport. 23 June 2020.
  10. James Hilsum (24 January 2019). "Albion sign Argentinian midfielder". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  11. Alex Stedman (19 June 2019). "Midfielder completes loan move". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  12. Brian Owen (19 June 2019). "Huge challenge awaits Alexis Mac Allister at Boca Juniors". The Argus. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  13. "El semillero de los Mac Allister" [The hotbed of the Mac Allisters] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  14. "Convocados fecha FIFA" [Summoned FIFA date]. Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  15. Giuliana Pasquali (23 September 2017). "Triple Mac" (in Spanish). Olé. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  16. "Argentine football returns to its Scottish founder". The Scotsman. JPI Media. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  17. "Argentina se lleva el 'Superclásico' con un gol de Messi en el debut de Rodrygo" [Argentina takes the 'Superclásico' with a goal from Messi in Rodrygo's debut]. Cope (in Spanish). EFE. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  18. "Brazil 0-1 Argentina". BBC Sport. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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