Alexis Mac Allister
Argentine footballer (born 1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexis Mac Allister (born 24 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Argentina national team.
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Full name | Alexis Mac Allister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santa Rosa, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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0000–2016 | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Argentinos Juniors | 56 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 98 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | → Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Liverpool | 33 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Argentina U23 | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Argentina | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:01, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:12, 6 April 2024 (UTC) |
Mac Allister started his senior career with Argentinos Juniors in 2016, winning the Argentine second division in his debut season. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019 but was immediately loaned back to them until the end of the season and later to rivals Boca Juniors, where he won the 2019–20 Primera División. Returning from the loan the following season, Mac Allister had his breakthrough year for Brighton, becoming a key player for the team, before moving to Liverpool in June 2023.
Mac Allister represented Argentina at under-23 level, winning the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and playing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He made his senior international debut in 2019 and was part of the Argentina squad that won the 2022 Finalissima and the 2022 FIFA World Cup and he assisting a goal in the final.