Alexis Mac Allister (born 24 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Argentina national team. Mac Allister started his senior career with Argentinos Juniors before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019.
Mac Allister was born in La Pampa.
Mac Allister’s older brothers Francis and Kevin are also professional footballers. They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister, both retired footballers. Mac Allister is of Irish descent.
In an interview with The Athletic, he said “I remember everyone called me Colo, which is ‘ginger’ in Argentina. I don’t like it much and Messi told the teammates, ‘He doesn’t like to be called Colo, so don’t call him that!'”
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Did you know that Argentina has a huge Irish diaspora. There are 500,000 Argentinians of Irish descent. Hence the name maybe?