Kevin Mac Allister
Argentine footballer

Kevin Mac Allister
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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2023 Argentinos Juniors 136 (12)
2019 → Boca Juniors (loan) 2 (0)
2023– Union SG 81 (4)
International career‡
2025– Argentina 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:11, 6 December 2025 (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.

Club career

Early career

Mac Allister, like his two brothers, started his career with Argentinos Juniors.[1] His first appearance for the Argentinos first-team came on 27 February 2016, in a 4–1 defeat to Estudiantes.[2][3] Three more appearances followed in his debut season of 2016. The club was relegated in that campaign, Mac Allister subsequently made sixteen appearances in Primera B Nacional as Argentinos won the title.[2] He scored his first senior goal in March 2018 against Gimnasia y Esgrima.[2] 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 through injury.[2][9]

In November 2025, Mac Allister received a call up to the senior Argentina national team for a friendly match against Angola in November 2025.[10]

Personal life

Mac Allister is of Irish descent, with his ancestry traced back to Donabate, County Dublin.[11] 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, currently on loan from Argentinos Juniors.[12] They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister.[12] His cousin, Luciano Guaycochea is also a professional footballer.

As of 2024, Mac Allister was engaged to marry Tatiana Batista, daughter of former footballer and coach Fernando Batista.[13] The couple married on 14 June, 2025.

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.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 December 2025[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentinos Juniors 2016 Argentine Primera División 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
2016–17 Primera B Nacional 16 0 0 0 — — — 16 0
2017–18 Argentine Primera División 12 1 1 0 — — — 13 1
2018–19 9 0 1 0 — — — 10 0
2019–20 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2020 8 0 5 1 1 1 1[c] 0 — 14 2
2021 32 2 0 0 0 0 6[d] 0 — 38 2
2022 33 5 1 0 0 0 — — 34 5
2023 20 4 1 0 0 0 6[d] 0 — 27 4
Total 136 12 9 1 1 1 13 0 — 159 14
Boca Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Union SG 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 30 1 6 0 — 10[e] 0 — 46 1
2024–25 35 2 1 0 — 10[f] 3 1[g] 0 47 5
2025–26 16 1 1 0 — 6[h] 1 1[g] 0 24 2
Total 81 4 8 0 — 26 4 2 0 117 8
Career total 219 16 17 1 1 1 39 4 2 0 278 22
  1. ^ Includes Copa Argentina, Belgian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Copa de la Liga Profesional
  3. ^ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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 team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2025 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Argentinos Juniors[2]

Union SG[2]

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Kevin Mac Allister profile". Argentinos Juniors. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kevin Mac Allister profile". Soccerway. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  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. 28 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] (in French). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. 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.com. 6 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Kevin Mac Allister, una baja importante para el Sudamericano sub-20". Clarín. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Mac Allister's bro, Utd's Martinez join up with ARG". ESPN.com. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  11. ^ Mac Allister, Alexis (6 December 2024). "It is Irish. I don't know why many many people think it's Scottish". The Rest Is Football – via Youtube.
  12. ^ a b "Triple Mac". Olé. 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  16. ^ "Union St Gilloise end 110 year wait for third Belgian Cup victory". OneFootball. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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