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 The Mac Allister brothers started their career with Argentinos Juniors. He made his first team debut for Argentinos on 27 February 2016 in a 4–1 defeat against Estudiantes. Mac Allister made more appearances followed in his debut season of 2016. The was relegated in that season and he subsequently made sixteen appearances in Primera B Nacional as Argentinos won the title. Mac Allister scored his first senior goal in March 2018 against Gimnasia y Esgrima. Mac Allister joined Boca Juniors 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. 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.
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. Two months later, on 5 July, he extended his contract with the club until 2027.
International career Mac Allister received a call-up to the Argentina U20 squad for the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship in Ecuador. However, he missed the tournament due to injury.
In November 2025, Mac Allister received his first call-up to the senior Argentina national team for a friendly match against Angola. He debuted in said tournament against the same opponent on 14 November.
Personal life Mac Allister is of predominantly Irish descent, with some Scottish ancestry as well. His Irish ancestry can be traced back to Donabate, County Dublin, while his Scottish ancestry can be traced back to Tarbert, Kintyre. Mac Allister's Scottish forefather Charles McAllister, a Protestant who converted to Catholicism, had temporarily moved to Donabate from the Scottish town of Tarbert in the 18th century. Charles' descendant Joseph McAllister emigrated from Donabate in 1865 to acquire farmland in Argentina, where the family name was changed to Mac Allister. Additionally, Mac Allister has Italian ancestry through his maternal grandmother, whose roots trace back to Belmonte del Sannio, Isernia.
Mac Allister has two brothers, Alexis who plays as a midfielder for club Liverpool and the Argentina national team with whom he won the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Francis who plays as a midfielder for Deportes La Serena of the Liga de Primera. They are the sons of Carlos Mac Allister and nephews of Patricio Mac Allister. 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. The couple married on 14 June 2025, and announced in the same month they were expecting their first child together.
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.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsArgentinos Juniors2016Argentine Primera División4000———402016–17Primera B Nacional16000———1602017–18Argentine Primera División12110———1312018–19Argentine Primera División9010———1002019–20Argentine Primera División200000——302020Argentine Primera División80511110—1422021Argentine Primera División322000060—3822022Argentine Primera División3351000——3452023Argentine Primera División204100060—274Total136129111130—15914Boca Juniors (loan)2018–19Argentine Primera División20————20Union SG2023–24Belgian Pro League30160—100—4612024–25Belgian Pro League35210—103104752025–26Belgian Pro League34151—81104832026–27Belgian Pro League6100—201192Total1055121—3043115011Career total24417202114343131125
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsArgentina202510Total10
Honours Argentinos Juniors Primera B Nacional: 2016–17
Union SG Belgian Pro League: 2024–25 Belgian Cup: 2023–24, 2025–26 Belgian Super Cup: 2024, 2026
Individual Argentine Primera División Team of the Season: 2023
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