Ignacio Aliseda
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Santiago Aliseda[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000
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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensa y Justicia 2018–19 Primera División 16110205[lower-alpha 1]100242
2019–20 11120000000131
Total 27230205100373
Chicago Fire 2020 Major League Soccer 20100——00201
Career total 47330205100574
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Lugano

Argentina U23[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Plantel". Defensa y Justicia. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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.
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