Their 2026 World Cup
All eight matches, 749 minutes and an impact in both boxes: an assist in the round of 32 against Cape Verde and a goal in the quarter-final against Switzerland. One of the few who played almost the entire tournament.
Match by match
A. Mac Allister played 8 matches for Argentina: 7 as a starter and 1 off the bench. His only goal came in the quarter-finals against Switzerland.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group J | vs Algeria 3-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Group J | vs Austria 2-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Group J | vs Jordan 3-1 | Came on in the 61′ |
| Round of 32 | vs Cape Verde 3-2 | Started, played the full match · 1 assist |
| Round of 16 | vs Egypt 3-2 | Started, played the full match |
| Quarter-finals | vs Switzerland 3-1 | Started, played the full match · 1 goal |
| Semi-finals | vs England 2-1 | Started, played the full match |
| Final | vs Spain 0-1 | Started, played the full match · 🟨 |
Who he is
- Born
- 24 December 1998 · aged 27 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Santa Rosa
- Club
- Liverpool F.C.
- Height
- 1.76 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
Alexis Mac Allister (Spanish: [aˈleksis maˈkalisteɾ], Irish English: [mək ˈalɪstəɹ]; 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.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · opening summary of the article.
Tournament data from API-Football. See more rankings on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)