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.[3]

Alexis Mac Allister
Personal information
Full name Alexis Mac Allister[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998
Place of birth Santa Rosa, Argentina[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Central midfielder[4]
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 18 (1)
2019 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 10 (2)
2019 → Boca Juniors (loan) 13 (1)
National team‡
2020– Argentina Olympic 5 (4)
2019– Argentina 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:29, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[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.[3] 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.[3]

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.[13] This match proved to be Brighton's last until the Premier League restart in June due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.[14] played his first home game for The Seagulls where he came on as a sub in a 2–1 behind closed doors home victory over Arsenal on 20 June.[15] He made his first start for Brighton in a 0–0 draw away to Leicester City, playing 58 minutes before being substituted.[16]

2020–21 season

Mac Allister scored his first goal for The Seagulls on 17 September 2020, netting in a header in a 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup.[17] He scored again 6 days later, this goal also coming in the EFL Cup where Brighton claimed a 2–0 away victory over Preston.[18] 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.[19]

International career

Soon after debuting for Argentinos, Mac Allister received a call-up from Claudio Úbeda for the Argentina under-20s.[20] 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.[21] His international bow arrived in the match with Chile at the Los Angeles Coliseum on 5 September.[3]

Personal life

Mac Allister was born in La Pampa.

Mac Allister's older brothers Francis and Kevin are also professional footballers.[22] They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister, both retired footballers.[22] Mac Allister is of Irish and Scottish descent.[23] Some ancestors hailed from Fife.[24]

In late 2020, Mac Allister tested positive for COVID-19; amid the pandemic.[25]

Career statistics

Club
As of 31 January 2021[3]
Club statistics
Club Season League National 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 000000——00
2019–20 900000——90
2020–21 912032——133
Total 1812032——233
Argentinos Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Primera División 10220512[lower-alpha 1]0—193
Boca Juniors (loan) 2019–20 13110006[lower-alpha 2]1—202
Career total 9712918381—12217
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

International
As of 10 September 2019[3]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 201920
Total20

Honours

Argentinos Juniors

Boca Juniors

Argentina

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "From scouting with his dad to playing with Messi: the Alexis Mac Allister story". The Athletic. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. "Alexis Mac Allister profile". Soccerway. Perform Group. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. "Alexis Mac Allister". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:Spiel. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. "Empataron Argentinos Juniors y Central Córdoba" [Argentinos Juniors and Central Córdoba draw] (in Spanish). Diario La Jornada. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. "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.
  8. "Los (tres) hermanos sean unidos..." [(Three) brothers be united...] (in Spanish). Olé. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  9. 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.
  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. Emlyn Begley (7 March 2020). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  14. "Premier League statement on impact of COVID-19". premierleague.com. Premier League. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  15. "Brighton 2–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  16. "Leicester City 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport. 23 June 2020.
  17. "Brighton fringe players impress in win - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  18. "Preston North End 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: Seagulls set up Man Utd tie – BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  19. "Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton: Wilfred Zaha and Alexis Mac Allister score - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  20. "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.
  21. "Convocados fecha FIFA" [Summoned FIFA date]. Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  22. Giuliana Pasquali (23 September 2017). "Triple Mac" (in Spanish). Olé. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  23. "Argentina call up Brighton youngster Mac Allister for the first time". The42. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  24. "Argentine football returns to its Scottish founder". The Scotsman. JPI Media. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  25. "Alexis Mac Allister back in training ahead of Liverpool game". The Argus. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  26. "Alexis Mac Allister is still smiling - and ready to play". The Argus. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  27. "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.
  28. "Brazil 0-1 Argentina". BBC Sport. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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