Carlos Mac Allister

Carlos Mac Allister

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Javier Mac Allister
Date of birth	March 6, 1968 (1968-03-06) (age 43)
Place of birth	Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Carlos Javier Mac Allister (born March 6, 1968 in Santa Rosa, La Pampa) is a former Argentine former football player who played 3 international matches for Argentina in 1993 as a left-back.

Club career

Despite the Scottish name which confused some commentators, Mac Allister was fully Argentine. He debuted for Argentinos Juniors in 1986, and became notable for his passion for the game, his personality, as well as his red hair. He transferred to Boca Juniors in 1992 he scored the winning goal in the gold cup final. In 1996, he lefts Boca for Racing Club where he played until 1998 when he played one final season with Ferro Carril Oeste before retiring at the age of 30.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
Apertura 1992	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
1993	Boca Juniors	Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz

International career

In 1993, he played for Argentina in the qualifiers for the 1994 Fifa World Cup alongside such notables as Diego Maradona, Fernando Redondo, Sergio Goycochea, Oscar Ruggeri and Diego Simeone. He was brought into the team in late 1993 following the disastrous loss to Colombia on 05/09/1993 in Buenos Aires, and played in the following international games for Argentina:

• 31/10/1993 - 1-1 draw vs Australia played in Sydney. - 1994 World Cup Qualifiers
• 17/11/1993 - 1-0 victory vs Australia played in Buenos Aires - 1994 World Cup Qualifiers
• 15/12/1993 - 2-1 victory vs Germany played in Miami - Friendly

However , despite having never played in a losing team for Argentina, he was not selected for the finals and did not play in the 1994 Fifa World Cup itself.

Post career

In 1998 the Mac Allister brothers, Carlos Javier and Carlos Patricio decided to found their own sports club for youngsters, the MacAllister Sports Club. They acquired a four-hectare piece of land situated 5 km away from the centre of Santa Rosa City, where they built their own club to instruct and promote soccer players for their subsequent insertion in the professional soccer.^[1]

References

1. ^ Macallister Sports Club

External links

• FIFA Player Statistics
• Career details at National Football Teams
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) Ficha de Carlos Javier Mac Allister at Bdfa.com.ar

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Name	Macallister, Carlos
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Date of birth	March 6, 1968
Place of birth	Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
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