Real Madrid Born in
Madrid, Mateos joined
Real Madrid's youth system at the age of 12. In the
2007–08 season he made his senior debut, playing that and the following two years with the
B team in the
Segunda División B. In late January 2010, Mateos was called to the main squad by
Manuel Pellegrini for a
La Liga match against
Deportivo de La Coruña. On 3 April that year, he also made the final list for the game against
Racing de Santander, but failed to leave
the bench on either occasion. During the
2010–11 pre-season, Real Madrid's first-team coach,
José Mourinho, said: The coach's statements instigated Real Madrid to sign the player to a professional contract and, subsequently, Mateos was called for the first match of the campaign against
Mallorca. After the departure of
Rafael van der Vaart and
Royston Drenthe, to
Tottenham Hotspur and
Hércules respectively, he was promoted to the first team, being awarded the number 15 shirt previously worn by the latter. Mateos made his official debut for Real Madrid on 23 November 2010, playing ten minutes in the 4–0 away win over
Ajax in the
group stage of the
UEFA Champions League; after the match, he said: "I will never forget this day." His last competitive appearance came the following 6 January when he started the 2–0 loss at
Levante in the
round of 16 of the
Copa del Rey, with his side eventually
claiming the trophy. On 29 January 2011,
AEK Athens signed Mateos on a six-month contract with the option of retaining the player for an extra year. In the summer, however, he moved to
Real Zaragoza also on loan for
one season, making his top-flight debut on 11 September in a 0–0 draw at
Rayo Vallecano, but the spell was marred by injury. In June 2012, Mateos accepted a return to Castilla for
2012–13, as the reserves had
promoted to
Segunda División after an absence of five years.
Ferencváros On 2 September 2013, Mateos signed for
Hungarian club
Ferencváros. He scored two goals in 21 games in his
first season, helping his team to third position.
Orlando City On 29 July 2015, Mateos joined
Orlando City of the
Major League Soccer, with
general manager Paul McDonough describing him as a "well-versed" player who he expected to "make an impact right away". He was waived on 3 March 2017.
Murcia In August 2017, Mateos signed for Spanish third-tier
Real Murcia. He scored his sole goal on 17 March 2018, opening an eventual 2–1 away defeat of
Granada B.
Israel Mateos then took is game to Israel. He represented in quick succession
Hapoel Hadera and
Hapoel Ra'anana (both in the
Premier League), dropping down to the
Liga Leumit with
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm for
2020–21.
Later career On 22 October 2021, Mateos joined
The Strongest in the
Bolivian Primera División. He switched to
China League One ahead of the
2022 season, with newly promoted
Guangxi Pingguo Haliao. ==Career statistics==