Alexis Mac Allister

Alexis Mac Allister (born 24 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Liverpool and the Argentina national team.

Alexis Mac Allister was born on 24 December 1998 in Santa Rosa, La Pampa.

Mac Allister's older brothers Francis and Kevin are also footballers.

They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister, both retired footballers.

Mac Allister is a family name originating from Scotland, although Mac Allister's more recent ancestry is of Irish descent.

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 traced to Donabate, in County Fingal, Ireland.

He can also trace ancestry to Fife in Eastern Scotland.

Mac Allister also has Italian ancestry through his maternal grandmother.

Like his two brothers, Mac Allister started his career with Club Social y Deportivo Parque before joining Argentinos Juniors' youth setup.

Born to a footballing family, Mac Allister started his senior career with Argentinos Juniors in 2016, winning the Argentine second division in his debut season.

He made his first-team 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.

Mac Allister scored his first goal on 10 March 2017, in a 2–1 away loss against Instituto.

He contributed with three goals in 23 appearances during his first senior campaign, as his team 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.

On 25 November 2017, Mac Allister and his two brothers all played together for the first time in a 1–0 loss at San Lorenzo; Alexis and Francis were starters, while Kevin came on as a substitute.

He scored his first goal in the top tier on 5 March 2018, with the opener in a 2–0 home win over Boca Juniors.

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

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.

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 away on 14 August in the opening game of the 2021–22 season.

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.

He joined 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 the loan the following season, Mac Allister had his breakthrough year for Brighton, becoming a key player for the team.

He was their top scorer in the 2022–23 season.

He made his senior international debut in 2019 and was part of the Argentina squad that won the 2022 Finalissima with a 3–0 victory against Italy.

He was part of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup and he assisted a goal in the final against France.

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

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.

Mac Allister scored on his Boca debut, with the team's only goal in the first leg of a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen victory over Athletico Paranaense on 25 July.

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.

Mac Allister represented Argentina at under-23 level, winning the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and playing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

His loan at Boca was brought to an early end by Brighton on 31 January 2020.

Mac Allister made his debut for Brighton as an 80th-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 7 March 2020.

This match proved to be Brighton's last until the Premier League restart in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

Mac Allister scored his first Brighton goal on 17 September 2020, with in a header in a 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup.

He scored again six days later, this goal also coming in the EFL Cup where Brighton claimed a 2–0 away victory over Preston.