Patricio Mac Allister

Carlos Patricio Mac Allister (born 20 March 1966) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker for clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Japan.

Patricio Mac Allister
Personal information
Full name Carlos Patricio Mac Allister
Date of birth (1966-03-20) 20 March 1966
Place of birth Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 Estudiantes de La Plata
1987–1988 Deportivo Maipú
1988–1991 Estudiantes de La Plata
1991–1992 Mitsubishi Motors
1992–1993 Argentinos Juniors
1993–1994 Correcaminos 23 (1)
1995 Aldosivi
1996–1999 General Belgrano de Santa Rosa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Mac Allister began playing football with local side General Belgrano de Santa Rosa. He made his Primera debut with Estudiantes de la Plata in 1989. He also played in the first team of Argentinos Juniors.[1]

Mac Allister had a spell in Mexico with Correcaminos UAT and then moved to Japan to play for Mitsubishi Motors.

Post playing 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 the city of Santa Rosa, La Pampa, where they built their own club to instruct and promote soccer players for their subsequent insertion into professional soccer.[2] Patricio Mac Allister served as coach of the club's youth teams since 1999, and has also coached for General Belgrano de Santa Rosa and the youth teams of Argentinos Juniors.[3]

Personal life

Mac Allister is of Scottish and Irish descent. Some ancestors hailed from Fife.[4] His brother is former professional footballer Carlos Mac Allister[5] and he has three nephews who are also professional footballers: Alexis, Francis and Kevin.[5]

References
  1. "Mac Allister Patricio" (in Spanish). En Una Balosa. 30 May 2005.
  2. MacAllister Sports Club
  3. CV de Carlos Patricio Mac Allister - Club Deportivo Mac Allister
  4. "Argentine Football Returns to Roots of its Scottish Founder". The Scotsman. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. "Triple Mac". Olé. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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