Background and career
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. He has been praised for his passing range, tactical awareness, and ability to control the tempo of play.
Mac Allister started his senior career with Argentinos Juniors in 2016, winning the 2016–17 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 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, where he won the 2023–24 EFL Cup and the 2024–25 Premier League.
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 squads that won the 2022 Finalissima, 2022 FIFA World Cup, and 2024 Copa América.
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. His cousin, Luciano Guaycochea, is also a footballer.
Mac Allister has Irish ancestry, with roots in Donabate, County Dublin. He also has Scottish ancestry through his forefather Charles McAllister, a Protestant who converted to Catholicism and moved to Donabate from the Scottish town of Tarbert, Kintyre in the 18th century. Charles' descendant Joseph McAllister emigrated from Donabate in 1865 to acquire farmland in Argentina, where the family name was changed to Mac Allister. Additionally, he has Italian ancestry through his maternal grandmother, whose roots trace back to Belmonte del Sannio, Isernia.
How Alexis Mac Allister makes money
Liverpool 2023–2024 season On 8 June 2023, Mac Allister signed for fellow Premier League club Liverpool on a five-year contract for an undisclosed transfer fee, reported to be an initial £35 million and a total of £55 million including add-on fees.
