Federico Mateos

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Federico Mateos

| image = Federico Mateos Universidad de Chile v O'Higgins 20230807 01.jpg

| caption = Mateos with Universidad de Chile in 2023

| full_name = Federico Joel Mateos

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1993|3|28}}

| birth_place = Boulogne Sur Mer, Argentina

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Ñublense
(on loan from Universidad de Chile)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Boca Juniors

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Tigre

| years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = Tigre | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2014–2016 | clubs2 = → Colegiales (loan) | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2016–2018 | clubs3 = San Telmo | caps3 = 45 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2018–2022 | clubs4 = Ñublense | caps4 = 106| goals4 = 16

| years5 = 2023– | clubs5 = Universidad de Chile | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = → Ñublense (loan) | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0

| club-update = 4 January 2025

}}

Federico Joel Mateos (born 28 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División side Ñublense on loan from Universidad de Chile.

Career

After being in the Boca Juniors youth team, Mateos joined Tigre playing for the reserve team. Later, he played for the Primera B Metropolitana sides Colegiales and San Telmo.{{cite web |title=La "Joya" de Ñublense que encandila en la Primera B |url=http://www.ladiscusion.cl/la-joya-de-nublense-que-encandila-en-la-primera-b/ |website=La Discusión |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=es-CL |date=25 November 2020}} In 2018, he joined Primera B de Chile side Ñublense,{{cite web |title=Ñublense oficializa la llegada de mediocampista argentino |url=https://www.primerabchile.cl/noticias-destacadas/nublense-oficializa-la-llegada-mediocampista-argentino/ |website=PrimeraBChile.cl |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=es |date=18 June 2018}} getting the promotion to Chilean Primera División for the 2021 season after becoming the 2020 Primera B de Chile champion.{{cite web |title=Ñublense es campeón y vuelve a Primera División tras más de 5 años en el ascenso |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/36665/nublense-es-campeon-y-vuelve-a-primera-division-tras-mas-de-5-anos-en-el-ascenso |publisher=ANFP |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=es |date=9 January 2021}}

In 2023, Mateos joined Universidad de Chile. In 2025, he returned to Ñublense on a loan for the season.{{cite news |last1=Sánchez |first1=Francisco |title=Nueva salida en la U |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/nueva-salida-en-la-u-n/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=Diario AS |date=4 January 2025 |language=es}}