Ignacio Aliseda
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Santiago Aliseda[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
 Lugano
Number 31
Youth career
Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Defensa y Justicia 27 (2)
2020–2021 Chicago Fire 43 (5)
2022– Lugano 43 (10)
International career
2019– Argentina U23 2 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Ignacio Santiago Aliseda (born 14 March 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club FC Lugano.

Club career

Aliseda began his career with Defensa y Justicia.[2][3] He was moved into the club's first-team squad during the 2018–19 Argentine Primera División season.[2][4] After being an unused substitute for a Copa Argentina match with Argentinos Juniors and Copa Sudamericana ties with El Nacional and Banfield, Aliseda made his professional debut in a 2018 Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg encounter with Primera División counterparts Banfield.[2] He was substituted on for Fabián Bordagaray with twenty minutes left, which preceded him netting Defensa y Justicia's second goal of a 2–0 win in stoppage time.[2][5]

On 19 February 2020, Aliseda joined MLS side Chicago Fire for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.[6] His first appearance came in a 2–0 loss in the MLS is Back Tournament against the San Jose Earthquakes at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on 19 July, which was followed by a goal in his fourth game at home to FC Cincinnati on 25 August in MLS.[2]

On 13 December 2021, it was announced that Aliseda would join Swiss Super League side FC Lugano on 1 January 2022.[7]

International career

In March 2018, Aliseda received a call-up to the Argentina U19s.[8] In 2019, he made the U23s' final squad for the Pan American Games in Peru.[9] He featured in two fixtures as Argentina won the tournament.[2]

Career statistics

As of 17 December 2020[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Defensa y Justicia 2018–19 Primera División 16 1 1 0 2 0 5[a] 1 0 0 24 2
2019–20 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Total 27 2 3 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 37 3
Chicago Fire 2020 Major League Soccer 20 1 0 0 — — 0 0 20 1
Career total 47 3 3 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 57 4
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Lugano

Argentina U23[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Plantel". Defensa y Justicia. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Argentina - I. Aliseda". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de IGNACIO ALISEDA". BDFA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Doble victoria de Platense ante Defensa y Justicia". TyC Sports. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Un debut soñado para Ignacio Aliseda". El Sol Noticias. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Chicago Fire FC acquire Argentina youth international Ignacio Aliseda as Young Designated Player | MLSsoccer.com".
  7. ^ "Chicago Fire FC transfer Ignacio Aliseda to FC Lugano, open DP spot | MLSSoccer.com".
  8. ^ "Ignacio Aliseda convocado a la preselección Sub 19 de Argentina". Defensa y Justicia. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  10. ^ svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Tripudio bianconero, la Coppa è del Lugano!". rsi.
  11. ^ "La selección de fútbol vence a Honduras y se queda con la medalla dorada de los Juegos Panamericanos". Infobae. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

External links

FC Lugano – current squad
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