- Carlos MacAllister
Football player infobox
playername = Carlos MacAllister
fullname = Carlos Javier MacAllister
height = height|m=1.75
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|3|6
cityofbirth =Santa Rosa, La Pampa
countryofbirth =Argentina
position = Left Back
years = 1986–1992
1992-1996
1996-1998
1998-1999
clubs =Argentinos Juniors Boca Juniors
Racing ClubFerro Carril Oeste
caps(goals) = 120 (5)
124 (5)
23 (0)
35 (1)
nationalyears = 1993
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(0)Carlos Javier Mac Allister (born
6 March 1968 in Santa Rosa, La Pampa) is a former Argentine formerfootball player who played 3 international matches for Argentina in 1993 as a left-back.Club career
Despite the Scottish sounding name which confused some commentators, MacAllister was fully
Argentine . He debuted forArgentinos Juniors in 1986, and became notable for his passion for the game, his personality, as well as his red hair. He transferred toBoca 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 withFerro Carril Oeste before retiring at the age of 30.Titles
International career
In 1993, he played for
Argentina in the qualifiers for the1994 Fifa World Cup alongside such notables asDiego Maradona ,Fernando Redondo ,Sergio Goycochea ,Oscar Ruggeri andDiego 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 inBuenos Aires -1994 World Cup Qualifiers
* 15/12/1993 - 2-1 victory vs Germany played inMiami - FriendlyHowever , 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. [ [http://www.clubmacallister.com.ar/english/ Macallister Sports Club] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=22014 Career details] at National Football Teams
*es [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=6603&SEOFutbolista=Mac+Allister+Carlos+Javier Argentine Primera statistics]
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