Carlos Mac Allister

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Carlos Mac Allister

| image = Cmacallister.jpg

| caption = Mac Allister in 2013

| office = Secretary of Sports

| term_start = 10 December 2015

| term_end = 12 October 2018

| president = Mauricio Macri

| predecessor = Carlos Espínola

| successor = Diógenes de Urquiza

| office1 = National Deputy

| term_start1 = 10 December 2013

| term_end1 = 10 December 2015

| constituency1 = La Pampa

| successor1 = Martín Maquieyra

| party = Republican Proposal

| otherparty = Juntos por el Cambio (2015–present)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|5|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina

| birth_name = Carlos Javier Mac Allister

| module = {{Infobox football biography|embed=yes

|height = 1.75 m

| position = Left-back

| years1 = 1986–1992

| clubs1 = Argentinos Juniors

| caps1 = 120

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1992–1996

| clubs2 = Boca Juniors

| caps2 = 124

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 1996–1998

| clubs3 = Racing Club

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1998–1999

| clubs4 = Ferro Carril Oeste

| caps4 = 35

| goals4 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1993

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Carlos Javier Mac Allister{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=Alexis Mac Allister y su familia de futbolistas que lo acompañó hasta Qatar; ¿dónde juegan los hermanos del seleccionado argentino? |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/gente/alexis-mac-allister-y-su-familia-de-futbolistas-que-lo-acompano-hasta-qatar-donde-juegan-los-hermanos-del-seleccionado-argentino-nota/ |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=El Universo |language=es}} (born 5 March 1968) is an Argentine politician and former footballer. A left-back, he played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club during his career. He also won three international caps for the Argentina national team in 1993. After his football career, Mac Allister was elected as a National Deputy for the Republican Proposal party in 2013, representing his native province of La Pampa. From 2016 to 2019, he served as Secretary of Sports in the government of President Mauricio Macri.

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.{{Cite web|title = Todavía estoy buscando mi camino|url = http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2008/11/05/C-132-todavia-estoy-buscando-mi-camino.php|access-date = 15 October 2015}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://rivadavia.com.ar/articulos/mac-allister-sobre-macri-mi-jefe-politico-es-mucho-mejor-trabajando-que-hablando|title=Mac Allister sobre Macri: "Mi jefe político es mucho mejor trabajando que hablando" | language=es |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150515152604/http://rivadavia.com.ar/articulos/mac-allister-sobre-macri-mi-jefe-politico-es-mucho-mejor-trabajando-que-hablando |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2015 }}

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 football players for their subsequent careers in professional football.[http://www.clubmacallister.com.ar/english/ Macallister Sports Club]

He was elected to the National Chamber of Deputies as part of the Republican Proposal party in 2013, representing his native province of La Pampa. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Secretary of Sports in the government of President Mauricio Macri.{{cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-colorado-mac-allister-sera-candidato-a-diputado-en-la-pampa-por-el-pro-nid1545218/|work=La Nación|title=El "Colorado" Mac Allister será candidato a diputado en La Pampa por el Pro|date=12 January 2013|access-date=15 November 2022|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ambito.com/politica/mac-allister-deja-la-secretaria-deportes-lanzar-su-candidatura-gobernador-n4035754|work=Ámbito Financiero|title=Mac Allister deja la secretaría de Deportes para lanzar su candidatura a gobernador|date=5 October 2018|access-date=15 November 2022|language=es}}

Personal life

Mac Allister is of Irish and Italian descent.{{Cite web |date=12 December 2022 |title=The Mac Allister family: friends with Maradona to a World Cup with Messi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/12/the-mac-allister-family-friends-with-maradona-to-a-world-cup-with-messi |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} Mac Allister has ancestors from the Irish town of Donabate.{{Cite journal |last=Kingston |first=Samuel |date=16 December 2022 |title=Irish Argentines: Foxford to Buenes Aires via Donabate |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/world-cup-2022/2022/1216/1342329-irish-argentines-foxford-to-buenes-aires-via-donabate/ |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Culhane |first=Darragh |date=18 December 2022 |title=Alexis Mac Allister's Irish heritage explained as he plays in World Cup final |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/alexis-mac-allisters-irish-heritage-28736338 |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=Irish Mirror |language=en}} He talked in 2004 about having no deep relations to his roots, but "would love to know Ireland", a place where he "would someday go".{{cite news|title=Todavía estoy buscando mi camino|url=http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2008/11/05/C-132-todavia-estoy-buscando-mi-camino.php|access-date=19 March 2018|work=El Gráfico|date=19 March 2018}} His brother is Patricio Mac Allister. He has three sons who are professional footballers: Alexis, Francis and Kevin.{{cite news|title=Triple Mac|url=https://www.ole.com.ar/argentinos/triple-mac-allister-hermanos-argentinos_0_1874812593.html|access-date=13 November 2017|work=Olé|date=23 September 2017|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621015949/https://www.ole.com.ar/argentinos/triple-mac-allister-hermanos-argentinos_0_1874812593.html|url-status=dead}}

Honours

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!Season

!Team

!Title

Apertura 1992

Boca Juniors

Primera División Argentina

1993

Boca Juniors

Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100820005921/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player%3D78390/index.html FIFA Player Statistics]
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Category:1968 births

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Category:Footballers from Santa Rosa, La Pampa

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