Federico “Kiko” Macheda ( born 22 August 1991 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United. He joined Manchester United from Lazio in September 2007. Macheda signed his initial skilled contract with Manchester United on his 17th birthday in August 2008. In the 2008–09 season, he continued in the under-18 facet, even though also creating a handful of appearances for the reserves. Towards the end of the season, Macheda liked an extended run in the reserve team, scoring 8 objectives in eight video games, which includes a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw with Newcastle United on thirty March 2009 and he was rewarded by getting chosen for the very first group for the match in opposition to Aston Villa on 5 April 2009. With United two–one down heading into the last 3rd of the sport, supervisor Alex Ferguson substituted Macheda in for Nani just right after the hour mark. Right after Cristiano Ronaldo equalised for United in the 80th moment, Macheda won the match with a turn to evade his marker followed by a curling effort from just within the penalty area in the third moment of injuries time