Matías Defederico

Matías Defederico

Personal information
Full name	Matías Adrián Defederico
Date of birth	23 August 1989 (1989-08-23) (age 22)[1]
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Winger / Forward
Club information
Current club	Independiente
Number	20
Youth career
	Huracán
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2009	Huracán	33	(6)
2009–	Corinthians	35	(3)
2011–	→ Independiente (loan)	14	(1)
National team‡
2009–	Argentina	2	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:28, 20 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:28, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Matías Adrián Defederico (born 23 August 1989 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football winger who plays for Independiente on loan from Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

His surname was usually spelt as "De Federico". He declared to FourFourTwo Brasil that it must not be written separated.^[2]

Playing career

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.^[3] He was subsequently linked to Corinthians for $4 (US) 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.^[4]

International

On 20 May 2009 De Federico made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama. He scored the opening goal and assisted in the second goal in a 3-1 win for the Argentina team, made up of players based in the Primera División Argentina.^[5]

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	May 20, 2009	Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina	Panama	1 – 0	3 – 1	Friendly

References

1. ^ Many sources incorrectly give 1 January 1989 as the DOB. De Federico's real date of birth can be seen here
2. ^ "Defederico - O 10 do Timão", Odir Cunha, FourFourTwo nº 10, October 2009, Cádiz, pages. 28-33
3. ^ Que de la mano, de Angel Cappa... at Olé (Spanish)
4. ^ Defede Rojo at Olé (Spanish)
5. ^ "Argentina 3-1 Panama: Bergessio hits brace". ESPN Soccernet. 2009-5-2-. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=266956&cc=5739. Retrieved 2011-1-26. 

External links

• ESPN profile
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics

Persondata
Name	De Federico, Matias
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Date of birth	23 August 1989
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
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