Career
His surname was usually spelt as "De Federico". He declared to FourFourTwo Brasil that it must not be written separated. Defederico is a fast, left-footed player with very good dribbling ability.
His professional debut for Huracán was on 18 August 2007 in a 0-0 home draw with Tigre.
In the Clausura 2009 championship De Federico established himself as a regular first team player for the club under the management of Ángel Cappa. Defederico and teammate Javier Pastore formed part of an attacking formation that was described as fantastic by the Argentine press
He was subsequently linked to Corinthians for $4 (United States) million and was signed by them. Defederico had a weak performance with Corinthians, more specifically the directors of the club considering him physically weak.
After many rumours, Andrés Sanchez, the Corinthians president, offered him to Independiente on loan for one year.
International
On 20 May 2009 De Federico had made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama. International goals
Personal
When usually promising Argentinaic talents sayed "New maradona". Matias Defederico was dubbed The New Messi.
Unfortunately it didnt quite went to plan like Messi because, nowadays Defederico plays in Eskehirspor rather than Barcelona or Real madrid.
Or even Leicester city.