Ignacio Aliseda

Ignacio Aliseda
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Santiago Aliseda
Date of birth	14 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Lugano
Number	31
Youth career
	Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Defensa y Justicia
2020–2021	Chicago Fire
2022–	Lugano
International career
2019–	Argentina U23
Medal record
Representing Argentina
Men's Football
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024

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 2 June 2024^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	—		24	2
	2019–20	Primera División	11	1	2	0	0	0	—		—		13	1
	Total		27	2	3	0	2	0	5	1	—		37	3
Chicago Fire	2020	Major League Soccer	20	1	—		—		—		—		20	1
	2021	Major League Soccer	23	4	—		—		—		—		23	4
	Total		43	5	—		—		—		—		43	5
Lugano	2021–22	Swiss Super League	13	2	2	0	—		—		—		15	2
	2022–23		23	8	4	5	—		0	0	—		27	9
	2023–24		16	0	3	0	—		3	1	—		22	1
	Total		52	10	9	5	—		3	1	—		64	16
Career total			122	17	12	5	2	0	5	1	0	0	144	24

^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Lugano

Swiss Cup: 2021–22^[10]

Argentina U23^[11]

Pan American Games: 2019

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Plantel". Defensa y Justicia. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Argentina - I. Aliseda". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Ficha Estadistica de IGNACIO ALISEDA". BDFA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Doble victoria de Platense ante Defensa y Justicia". TyC Sports. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Un debut soñado para Ignacio Aliseda". El Sol Noticias. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Chicago Fire FC acquire Argentina youth international Ignacio Aliseda as Young Designated Player | MLSsoccer.com".
^ "Chicago Fire FC transfer Ignacio Aliseda to FC Lugano, open DP spot | MLSSoccer.com".
^ "Ignacio Aliseda convocado a la preselección Sub 19 de Argentina". Defensa y Justicia. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^ "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
^ svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Tripudio bianconero, la Coppa è del Lugano!". rsi.
^ "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

Profile at Major League Soccer

[COSU-10] Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

[Defensa_y_Justicia_1-1] "Plantel". Defensa y Justicia. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[Soccerway-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Argentina - I. Aliseda". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[BDFA-3] "Ficha Estadistica de IGNACIO ALISEDA". BDFA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[TyC_Sports-4] "Doble victoria de Platense ante Defensa y Justicia". TyC Sports. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[El_Sol_Noticias-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".

[Defensa_y_Justicia_2-8] "Ignacio Aliseda convocado a la preselección Sub 19 de Argentina". Defensa y Justicia. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[AFA1-9] "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[11] svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Tripudio bianconero, la Coppa è del Lugano!". rsi.

[IN1-12] "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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