Kevin Mac Allister (born 7 November 1997) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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or full-back for

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club

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. His brothers

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and Francis Mac Allister are fellow professional footballers.

Club career

Early career

Mac Allister, like his two brothers, started his career with

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

. His first appearance for the Argentinos first-team came on 27 February 2016, in a 4–1 defeat to Estudiantes. Three more appearances followed in his debut season of

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. The club was relegated in that campaign, Mac Allister subsequently made sixteen appearances in

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as Argentinos won the title. He scored his first senior goal in March 2018 against Gimnasia y Esgrima. Mac Allister joined

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on loan in January 2019.

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. On 5 October, he shared the pitch with his brother

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after the latter came on as a substitute in a Europa League group stage match against

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. On 25 May 2025, Mac Allister was a member of the Union SG squad that ended a 90-year title drought.

International career

Mac Allister received a call-up to the Argentina U20 squad for the

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in Ecuador. However, he missed the tournament through injury.

Personal life

Mac Allister is of Irish descent, with his ancestry traced back to

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. He has two brothers,

and

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, who are also professional footballers; Alexis is a

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winner. They are the sons of

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and nephews of

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. His cousin,

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is also a professional footballer. As of 2024, Mac Allister was engaged to marry Tatiana Batista, daughter of former footballer and coach

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. Mac Allister is named after the main protagonist of the American

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'', a fact that he did not find out until he was eighteen years-old.

Career statistics

Honours

Argentinos Juniors *

: 2016–17 Union SG *

: 2024–25 *

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: 2023–24 *

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Individual *

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Team of the Season:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mac Allister, Kevin 1997 births Living people Argentine people of Scottish descent Argentine people of Irish descent

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