Matteo played for Liverpool, Sunderland, Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City.
[3] Matteo's adoptive father, who "wanted his boy to play like Cesare Maldini",[4] ran Matthew's Cafe in Friars Vennel.
[13] He made his Premier League debut for the "Reds" on 23 October 1993, when he replaced an injured John Barnes at left-wing in a 1–1 draw with Manchester City at Maine Road.
[16] He scored two goals for Liverpool, one against Southampton in the Premier League and another against Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup.
[17][18] After making arguably his biggest impact at Anfield in the 1999–2000 season, Matteo was expected to become a first team regular, but was instead sold to Leeds United[19] in August 2000.
[21] He made his team debut against A.C. Milan the following month, in a UEFA Champions League contest.
[2] He is fondly remembered by Leeds fans especially for the goal he scored at the San Siro against Milan,[2][22] in the first group stage which ensured they would progress through to the next round.
[2][23] When Rio Ferdinand moved to Manchester United in the summer of 2002, Matteo was handed team captaincy.
[2] Signing a short-term contract until the summer, he played a total of 10 games and scoring one goal against Derby County.
He was made captain by Tony Pulis in the season Stoke won promotion back to the top flight of the English football league system.
After injury problems, he retired from international duty to concentrate on his career at Leeds United.
[37] In November 2019, Matteo underwent surgery on a brain tumour,[38] and was declared fully recovered in April the following year.