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.
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Full name | Carlos Javier Mac Allister | ||
Date of birth | (1968-03-06) 6 March 1968 (age 54) | ||
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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
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:
However, Mac Allister was not selected for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals.
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]
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]
Season | Team | Title |
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Apertura 1992 | Boca Juniors | Primera División Argentina |
1993 | Boca Juniors | Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz |
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