Ignacio Aliseda
Argentine footballer (born 2000)
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Ignacio Santiago Aliseda (born 14 March 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Paraguayan Primera División club Cerro Porteño.
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| Full name | Ignacio Santiago Aliseda[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cerro Porteño | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Lugano | 71 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Lugano II | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Cerro Porteño | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Argentina U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 August 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| 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 | 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 | 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