Kevin Mac Allister

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Kevin Mac Allister
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Mac Allister with Union SG in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Union SG
Number 5
Youth career
Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2023 Argentinos Juniors 136 (12)
2019 → Boca Juniors (loan) 2 (0)
2023– Union SG 84 (4)
International career‡
2025– Argentina 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:31, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Kevin Mac Allister (born 7 November 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Belgian Pro League club Union SG and the Argentina national team.

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Club career

Early career

The Mac Allister brothers started their career with Argentinos Juniors. [1] He made his first team debut for Argentinos on 27 February 2016 in a 4–1 defeat against Estudiantes. [2] [3] Mac Allister made more appearances followed in his debut season of 2016.[ citation needed ] The was relegated in that season and he subsequently made sixteen appearances in Primera B Nacional as Argentinos won the title. [2] Mac Allister scored his first senior goal in March 2018 against Gimnasia y Esgrima. [2] [ better source needed ] Mac Allister joined Boca Juniors on loan in January 2019. [2] [4]

Union SG

On 12 July 2023, Belgian club Union SG announced the signing of Mac Allister on a three-year contract, with an option of a further year. [5] Later that year, on 5 October, he shared the pitch with his young brother Alexis after the latter came on as a substitute in a Europa League group stage match against Liverpool. [6]

On 25 May 2025, Mac Allister was a member of the Union SG squad that achieved the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League, ending a 90-year title drought. [7] Two months later, on 5 July, he extended his contract with the club until 2027. [8]

International career

Mac Allister received a call-up to the Argentina U20 squad for the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship in Ecuador. [9] However, he missed the tournament due to injury. [2] [9]

In November 2025, Mac Allister received his first call-up to the senior Argentina national team for a friendly match against Angola. [10] He debuted in said tournament against the same opponent on 14 November. [11]

Personal life

Mac Allister is of Irish descent, with his ancestry traced back to Donabate, County Dublin. [12] [ user-generated source ] He has two brothers, Alexis who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Argentina national team with whom he won the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Francis who plays as a midfielder for Instituto, on loan from Argentinos Juniors. [13] They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister. [13] His cousin, Luciano Guaycochea is also a professional footballer.[ citation needed ]

As of 2024, Mac Allister was engaged to marry Tatiana Batista, daughter of former footballer and coach Fernando Batista. [14] The couple married on 14 June 2025.[ citation needed ]

Mac Allister is named after the main protagonist of the American Christmas family comedy film Home Alone , a fact that he did not find out until he was eighteen years old. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 February 2026 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Argentinos Juniors 2016 Argentine Primera División 4000———40
2016–17 Primera B Nacional 16000———160
2017–18 Argentine Primera División12110———131
2018–19 9010———100
2019–20 200000——30
2020 8051111 [c] 0—142
2021 32200006 [d] 0—382
2022 3351000——345
2023 20410006 [d] 0—274
Total136129111130—15914
Boca Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Argentine Primera División20————20
Union SG 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 30160—10 [e] 0—461
2024–25 35210—10 [f] 31 [g] 0475
2025–26 19130—8 [h] 11 [g] 0312
Total844100—284201248
Career total22216191114142028522
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Copa de la Liga Profesional
  3. ↑ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  4. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. ↑ Eight appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. 1 2 Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  8. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 14 November 2025 [2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 202510
Total10

Honours

Argentinos Juniors [2]

Union SG [2]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Kevin Mac Allister profile". Argentinos Juniors (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Kevin Mac Allister profile". Soccerway. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "No es el de Mi Pobre Angelito: Kevin Mac Allister debuta en Argentinos". TyC Sports . 26 February 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "¡Bienvenido, Kevin!". Boca Juniors (in Spanish). 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Kevin Mac Allister signe pour trois saisons à l'Union" [Kevin Mac Allister signs for three seasons at Union]. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (in French). 12 July 2023. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Bonn, Kyle (5 October 2023). "Liverpool vs Union Saint-Gilloise score, result, highlights as Ryan Gravenberch excels in Europa League win". Sporting News . Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters . 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Union Saint-Gilloise announce Kevin Mac Allister's contract extension with hilarious Home Alone-inspired video". Tribuna. 6 July 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Kevin Mac Allister, una baja importante para el Sudamericano sub-20". Clarín (in Spanish). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mac Allister's bro, Utd's Martinez join up with ARG". ESPN. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Los cuatro jugadores que debutaron en la selección argentina en el último amistoso del año ante Angola". Infobae (in Spanish). 14 November 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "It is Irish. I don't know why many many people think it's Scottish". YouTube. Google, Inc. 6 December 2024 – via The Rest Is Football.
  13. 1 2 "Triple Mac". Olé (in Spanish). 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Lanzilotta, Nahuel (7 June 2024). "Kevin Mac Allister y un viaje increíble a la intimidad de una familia atravesada por el fútbol". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  15. ↑ Lowy, Zach (31 January 2025). "Kevin Mac Allister: Father who named the defender after the famous Home Alone character predicts summer move to Spain or Italy after strong performances for Union St Gilloise". OneFootball . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "Union St Gilloise end 110 year wait for third Belgian Cup victory". OneFootball. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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