[2] and the 2025 world men's handball championship Mateo started his career in the RK Balic-Metlicic team from Split.

In the 2020/21 season, he was loaned to North Macedonia's RK Eurofarm Pelister,[3] with which he played in the EHF European League.

In 2022, the Hungarian top team MOL Tatabánya KC bought him from RK Eurofarm Pelister.

[5] He was also able to play in the EHF European League with MOL Tatabánya KC.

[6] On April 28, 2021, he played for the first time in the Croatia men's national handball team against Slovakia and scored 4 goals.