Carlos Patricio Mac Allister (born 20 March 1966) is an Argentine former
footballer
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. He played as a forward for clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Japan.
Club career
Born in
Santa Rosa, La Pampa
Santa Rosa () is a city in the Argentine Pampas (lowlands), and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It lies on the east of the province, on the shore of the Don Tomás Lagoon, at the intersection of National Routes 5 and 35. The cit ...
, Mac Allister began playing football with local side
General Belgrano de Santa Rosa
Club General Belgrano de Santa Rosa is a football team from Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
Background
Club Defensores de Belgrano was founded on 28 April 1919 in Santa Rosa, the capital of the La Pampa Province. The club name was later short ...
. He made his Primera debut with Estudiantes de la Plata in 1989. He also played in the first team of
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...
.
Mac Allister had a spell in
Mexico
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with
Correcaminos UAT
Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.
It currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. The team wa ...
and then moved to Japan to play for
Mitsubishi Motors
is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.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
Santa Rosa () is a city in the Argentine Pampas (lowlands), and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It lies on the east of the province, on the shore of the Don Tomás Lagoon, at the intersection of National Routes 5 and 35. The cit ...
, where they built their own club to instruct and promote soccer players for their subsequent insertion into professional soccer. Patricio Mac Allister served as coach of the club's youth teams since 1999, and has also coached for
General Belgrano de Santa Rosa
Club General Belgrano de Santa Rosa is a football team from Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
Background
Club Defensores de Belgrano was founded on 28 April 1919 in Santa Rosa, the capital of the La Pampa Province. The club name was later short ...
and the youth teams of
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...
.
Personal life
Mac Allister is the older brother of former professional footballer
Carlos Mac Allister
Carlos Javier "Colo" Mac Allister (born 5 March 1968) is an Argentine politician and former association football, footballer. A left-back, he played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club during his care ...
, and he has three nephews who are also professional footballers:
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Kevin
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. Mac Allister is of
Irish
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and
Italian
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descent. Although assumed to be of Scottish heritage, Mac Allister's family origins were instead from the Irish town of
Donabate
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