Alexis Mac Allister

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Alexis Mac Allister
Personal information
Full name Alexis Mac Allister[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Santa Rosa, Argentina[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward[4]
Team 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 52 (5)
2019 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 10 (4)
2019 → Boca Juniors (loan) 13 (2)
International career‡
2020–2021 Argentina U23 9 (5)
2019– Argentina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:23, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2021 (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.[3] Mac Allister started his senior career with Argentinos Juniors before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019. During his time with the Seagulls he has spent time on loan back at Argentinos Juniors (straight from signing for the English side) and Boca Juniors.

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 COVID-19 pandemic.[14] Mac Allister played his first home game for The Seagulls where he came on as a substitute in a 2–1 behind closed doors home victory over Arsenal on 20 June.[15] He made his first start for Brighton there days later, in a 0–0 draw away against 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 six 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] Mac Allister played in Brighton's 3–2 home victory over champions Manchester City on 18 May, with fans returning to football, in which The Seagulls went from 2–0 down to beat The Sky Blues for the first time since 1989.[20]

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.[21] 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.[22] Mac Allister scored his second goal of the season on 23 October, scoring a 81st minute penalty, giving Brighton a late lifeline with Manchester City winning 3–1. However, City went on to add a fourth, finishing 4–1 at Falmer Stadium.[23] He scored his first brace for the Albion knocking 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, in the eventual 3–2 away win over Everton on 2 January 2022.[24] Mac Allister provided Adam Webster's headed equaliser from a corner in the 1–1 home draw against European champions Chelsea on 18 January.[25]

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.[26] 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.[27] His international bow arrived in the match with Chile at the Los Angeles Coliseum on 5 September.[3]

Tokyo Olympics: Argentina Olympic/U23

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.[28][29] 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.[30] He started the next two group games, a 1–0 victory over Egypt on the 25 July again being played in the Sapporo Dome and a 1–1 draw with Spain on the 28 July at the Saitman Stadium in Midori-ku, Saitama. Argentina were eliminated finishing third in their group on goal difference.[31][32]

Recalled into senior squad

Mac Allister was recalled to the Argentina national team's senior squad for 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.[33][34]

Personal life

Mac Allister was born in La Pampa.

Mac Allister's older brothers Francis and Kevin are also professional footballers.[35] They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister, both retired footballers.[35] Mac Allister is of Irish and Scottish descent.[36][37]

In an interview with The Athletic, he said "I remember everyone called me Colo, which is ginger in Argentina. I don't like like it much and Messi told the teammates, 'He doesn't like to be called Colo, so don't call him that!'"[38]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 March 2022[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals 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 Argentine Primera División 24 2 1 1 — — — 25 3
2018–19 Argentine 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 22 4 1 0 2 0 — — 25 4
Total 52 5 4 0 5 2 — — 61 7
Argentinos Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 10 2 2 0 5 1 2[a] 0 — 19 3
Boca Juniors (loan) 2019–20 Argentine Primera División 13 1 1 0 0 0 6[b] 1 — 20 2
Career total 131 16 11 1 10 3 8 1 0 0 160 21
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

International

As of match played 10 September 2019[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2019 2 0
Total 2 0

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. ^ a b c d e f g h "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.
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  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. ^ "Brighton 3-2 Man City: Albion come back from two down to beat 10-man champions - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: Substitute Alexis Mac Allister seals comeback win - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Swansea City: Aaron Connolly double sends Seagulls through - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion 1-4 Manchester City: Phil Foden scores twice in comfortable win for visitors - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  24. ^ "Everton 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: Alexis Mac Allister scores twice in Seagulls win - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Brighton 1-1 Chelsea: Albion further damage Blues' title hopes - BBC Sport". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "Convocados fecha FIFA" [Summoned FIFA date]. Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  28. ^ "Brighton's Alexis Mac Allister heads to Tokyo Olympics - The Argus". The Argus. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Olympics: Tokyo 2020 chief does not rule out cancelling Games - BBC News". BBC News. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  30. ^ "Mac Allister and Argentina shocked by Australia in Olympics opener - WEAREBRIGHTON.COM". WEAREBRIGHTON.COM. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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  34. ^ "Chile suffer World Cup qualifier loss to Argentina - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  35. ^ a b Giuliana Pasquali (23 September 2017). "Triple Mac" (in Spanish). Olé. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  36. ^ "Argentina call up Brighton youngster Mac Allister for the first time". The42. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  37. ^ "Argentine football returns to its Scottish founder". The Scotsman. JPI Media. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  38. ^ https://theathletic.com/3090428/2022/01/25/alexis-mac-allister-messi-told-my-team-mates-to-stop-calling-me-ginger/
  39. ^ "Alexis Mac Allister is still smiling - and ready to play". The Argus. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  40. ^ "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.
  41. ^ "Brazil 0-1 Argentina". BBC Sport. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

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