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Alexis Mac Allister
Alexis Mac Allister 2022.jpg
Mac Allister with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022
Personal information
Full name Alexis Mac Allister[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3][4]
Position(s) Midfielder[5]
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 77 (11)
2019 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 10 (2)
2019 → Boca Juniors (loan) 13 (1)
International career‡
2020–2021 Argentina U23 9 (5)
2019– Argentina 14 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2022 Qatar
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 2022 England
Pre-Olympic Tournament
Winner 2020 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:56, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:05, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

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.[6]

Born to a footballing family, Mac Allister started his senior career with Argentinos Juniors in 2016, with whom he won the Argentine second division in his debut season, before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019, but was immediately loaned back to Juniors until the end of the season. During his second year at Brighton, he was again loaned to Argentina, to Boca Juniors, where he won the 2019–20 Primera División. Returning from loan the following season, Mac Allister had his breakthrough year for Brighton, becoming a key player for the Premier League side.

Mac Allister represented Argentina at under-23 level, winning the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and playing at the 2020 Olympic Games; he made his senior international debut in 2019. Since then, he has been part of the Argentina team that won the 2022 Finalissima with a 3–0 victory against Italy, and represented his country at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he played an integral role in the team that ultimately won the tournament, with him assisting Ángel Di María's goal in the final against France.

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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11]

Brighton & Hove Albion

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

Loan to Argentinos Juniors

As part of the Brighton deal, Mac Allister was loaned back to Argentinos Juniors for the remainder of the 2018–19 Premier League season.[12]

Loan to Boca Juniors

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.[13][14] 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.[6] 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.[6]

2019–20 season

He made his debut for the club as an 80th-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 7 March 2020.[15] This match proved to be Brighton's last until the Premier League restart in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] Mac Allister played his first home game for Brighton where he came on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory over Arsenal on 20 June.[17] He made his first start for Brighton three days later, in a 0–0 draw away against Leicester City, playing 58 minutes before being substituted.[18]

2020–21 season

Mac Allister scored his first Brighton goal on 17 September 2020, netting in a header in a 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup.[19] He scored again six days later, this goal also coming in the EFL Cup where Brighton claimed a 2–0 away victory over Preston.[20] On 18 October, Mac Allister scored his first Premier League goal scoring a 90th minute leveller in a 1–1 away draw against bitter rivals Crystal Palace.[21]

2021–22 season

Mac Allister scored the winner and his second ever Premier League goal as Brighton fought back from a goal behind to beat Burnley 2–1 at Turf Moor on 14 August in the opening game of the 2021–22 season.[22] He supplied assists to both of Aaron Connolly's goals on 22 September, in the 2–0 home victory over Swansea City in the EFL Cup third round. He later went off injured.[23] Mac Allister scored his second goal of the season on 23 October, scoring an 81st-minute penalty in a 4–1 home defeat at Falmer Stadium.[24] He scored his first brace in a 3–2 away win over Everton on 2 January 2022, putting Brighton 1–0 up in the 3rd minute, and putting them 3–1 up in the 71st with an excellent finish from the edge of the box.[25] Mac Allister provided Adam Webster's headed equaliser from a corner in the 1–1 home draw against the European champions, Chelsea, on 18 January.[26]

2022–23 season

In the opening game of the season against Manchester United, Mac Allister scored an own goal in a 2–1 victory that saw Brighton claim their first ever win at Old Trafford.[27] Two weeks later, he found the right net, scoring from the penalty spot in the 2–0 away win over West Ham,[28] and scored another penalty in a 2–1 defeat at Fulham.[29] Mac Allister scored a brace including a third penalty in four games after having a goal ruled out by VAR in the 5–2 home win over Leicester.[30]

On 24 October, Mac Allister signed a new contract, committing him to Brighton until at least June 2025,[31] with an option for an additional year.[32] He scored after 49 seconds in the home tie against Aston Villa on 13 November, however Villa went on to win the match 2–1.[33]

International career

Youth and senior debuts

Soon after debuting for Argentinos, Mac Allister received a call-up from Claudio Úbeda for the Argentina under-20s.[34] 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.[35] His international bow arrived in the match with Chile at the Los Angeles Coliseum on 5 September.[6]

Tokyo Olympics

On 1 July 2021, Mac Allister was named in the Argentinean Olympic squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, taking place in 2021 due to the previous year's postponement as a result of coronavirus.[36][37] He played in Argentina's opening game against Australia starting the match, playing 78 minutes of the eventual 2–0 defeat at the Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on 22 July.[38] He started the next two group games, a 1–0 victory over Egypt on 25 July again being played in the Sapporo Dome and a 1–1 draw with Spain on 28 July at the Saitman Stadium in Midori-ku, Saitama. Argentina were eliminated finishing third in their group on goal difference.[39][40]

Mac Allister playing for Argentina at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Recalled into senior squad and World Cup success

Mac Allister was recalled to the Argentina national team's senior squad in January 2022, after two-and-a-half years since his first two caps. However, he tested positive for Covid-19 and missed Argentina's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier away win over Chile.[41][42] He eventually made his first appearance for the national side for almost three years where he started in the 3–0 home win over Venezuela on 25 March.[43] Five days later, in the draw with Ecuador he was forced off with after being a victim of a knee-high challenge and due to the subsequent injury he was sent back to Brighton ahead of their next fixture.[44] On 1 June, Mac Allister was an unused substitute as Argentina beat Italy in the 2022 Finalissima held at Wembley Stadium.[45]

On 11 November, Mac Allister was named in Argentina's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[46] In the last group game against Poland on 30 November, he scored his first international goal opening the score line in the eventual 2–0 win, seeing Argentina through to the round of 16 as group champions.[47] After Argentina made the final, Mac Allister started the match against defending champions France where he assisted Ángel Di María's goal to make the score 2–0. In the second half of extra time, Mac Allister was substituted before Argentina won the competition following a penalty shootout.[48]

Personal life

Mac Allister was born in Santa Rosa, La Pampa.

Mac Allister's older brothers Francis and Kevin are also professional footballers.[49] They are the sons of "Red" Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister, both retired footballers.[50][49] Mac Allister is a family name originating from Scotland, although Mac Allister's more recent ancestry is of Irish descent.[51][non-primary source needed] In a previous interview, he confirmed some of his ancestors arrived in Argentina from Ireland, and stated that he is aware of links to Scotland. His ancestors can be linked to Donabate, Ireland. He can also trace ancestry to Fife in Eastern Scotland, before they moved to Ireland in the 1800s, then onto Argentina.[52]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 November 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentinos Juniors 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 23 3 1 0 — — 24 3
2017–18 Primera División 24 2 1 1 — — 25 3
2018–19 Primera División 9 3 2 0 — 0 0 11 3
Total 56 8 4 1 — 0 0 60 9
Brighton & Hove Albion 2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20 Premier League 9 0 0 0 0 0 — 9 0
2020–21 Premier League 21 1 3 0 3 2 — 27 3
2021–22 Premier League 33 5 1 0 2 0 — 36 5
2022–23 Premier League 14 5 0 0 0 0 — 14 5
Total 77 11 4 0 5 2 — 86 13
Argentinos Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Primera División 10 2 2 0 5 1 2[c] 0 19 3
Boca Juniors (loan) 2019–20 Primera División 13 1 1 0 0 0 6[d] 1 20 2
Career total 155 22 11 1 10 3 8 1 184 27
  1. ^ Includes Copa Argentina, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Copa de la Superliga, EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores

International

As of match played 18 December 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2019 2 0
2022 12 1
Total 14 1
As of match played 18 December 2022
Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mac Allister goal.
List of international goals scored by Alexis Mac Allister
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 30 November 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 10  Poland 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup [47]

Honours

Argentinos Juniors

Boca Juniors

Argentina Olympic

Argentina

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