Ignacio Santiago Aliseda (born 14 March 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club FC Lugano.
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| Full name | Ignacio Santiago Aliseda[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 22) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lugano | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 31 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| Defensa y Justicia | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Defensa y Justicia | 27 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Chicago Fire | 43 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lugano | 12 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Argentina U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Aliseda began his career with Defensa y Justicia.[2][3] He was moved into the club's first-team squad during the 2018–19 Argentine Primera División season.[2][4] After being an unused substitute for a Copa Argentina match with Argentinos Juniors and Copa Sudamericana ties with El Nacional and Banfield, Aliseda made his professional debut in a 2018 Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg encounter with Primera División counterparts Banfield.[2] He was substituted on for Fabián Bordagaray with twenty minutes left, which preceded him netting Defensa y Justicia's second goal of a 2–0 win in stoppage time.[2][5]
On 19 February 2020, Aliseda joined MLS side Chicago Fire for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.[6] His first appearance came in a 2–0 loss in the MLS is Back Tournament against the San Jose Earthquakes at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on 19 July, which was followed by a goal in his fourth game at home to FC Cincinnati on 25 August in MLS.[2]
On 13 December 2021, it was announced that Aliseda would join Swiss Super League side FC Lugano on 1 January 2022.[7]
In March 2018, Aliseda received a call-up to the Argentina U19s.[8] In 2019, he made the U23s' final squad for the Pan American Games in Peru.[9] He featured in two fixtures as Argentina won the tournament.[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2018–19 | Primera División | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| Chicago Fire | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | ||
Lugano
Argentina U23[11]
FC Lugano – current squad | |
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