Carlos Mac Allister
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Javier Mac Allister | ||
Date of birth | 6 March 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Pergamino, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1992 | Argentinos Juniors | 120 | (5) |
1992–1996 | Boca Juniors | 124 | (5) |
1996–1998 | Racing Club | 23 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 35 | (1) |
National team | |||
1993 | Argentina | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Carlos Javier Mac Allister (born 6 March 1968) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a left-back for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors and Racing Club, and he got three international caps for Argentina in 1993.
Club career[]
Mac Allister debuted for Argentinos Juniors in 1986. He transferred to Boca Juniors in 1992, where he scored the winning goal in the gold cup final.[1] In 1996, he left Boca for Racing Club where he played until 1998, playing one final season with Ferro Carril Oeste before retiring at the age of 30.[2]
International career[]
In 1993, Mac Allister played for the Argentina national team in the qualifiers for the 1994 FIFA World Cup alongside Diego Maradona, Fernando Redondo, Sergio Goycochea, Oscar Ruggeri and Diego Simeone. He was brought into the team in late 1993 following a loss to Colombia on 5 September 1993 in Buenos Aires, and played in the following international games for Argentina:
- 31 October 1993: 1–1 draw vs Australia, played in Sydney in the 1994 World Cup inter-continental qualification playoff;
- 17 November 1993: 1–0 victory vs Australia, played in Buenos Aires in the 1994 World Cup inter-continental qualification playoff;
- 15 December 1993: 2–1 victory vs Germany, played in Miami in a friendly.
However, Mac Allister was not selected for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals.
Post-playing career[]
In 1998 the Mac Allister brothers, Carlos and Patricio established their own sports club for youngsters, the MacAllister Sports Club. They acquired a four-hectare piece of land situated 5 km outside Santa Rosa, in La Pampa province, where they built their own club to train and promote young soccer players for their subsequent careers in professional soccer.[3]
Personal life[]
Mac Allister is of Scottish and Irish descent. Some ancestors hailed from Fife.[4] He talked in 2004 about having no deep relations to his roots, but "would love to know Ireland", places he "would someday go".[5] His brother is Patricio Mac Allister.[6] He has three sons who are professional footballers: Alexis, Francis and Kevin.[6]
Honours[]
Season | Team | Title |
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Apertura 1992 | Boca Juniors | Primera División Argentina |
1993 | Boca Juniors | Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz |
References[]
- ^ "Todavía estoy buscando mi camino". Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Mac Allister sobre Macri: "Mi jefe político es mucho mejor trabajando que hablando"" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 May 2015.
- ^ Macallister Sports Club
- ^ "Argentine football returns to its Scottish founder". The Scotsman. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Todavía estoy buscando mi camino". El Gráfico. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Triple Mac". Olé. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
External links[]
- FIFA Player Statistics
- Carlos Mac Allister at National-Football-Teams.com
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Carlos Mac Allister at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Santa Rosa, La Pampa
- Argentine people of Scottish descent
- Argentine people of Irish descent
- Argentine footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine sportsperson-politicians
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
- Mac Allister family
- Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in La Pampa