The 20-year-old has enjoyed his breakthrough into the Wolves first-team in recent weeks and, after starting the club’s last three Premier League fixtures, has been rewarded with a new contract.
Signed from Spanish side Arosa in 2019, Bueno initially joined the under-18s group, before quickly stepping up to the under-21s, where he excelled in recent years by being defensively solid and a constant attacking threat down the left.
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Having been integrated into the first-team during the summer’s pre-season training camp, Bueno was recently handed his first-team debut by Steve Davis and James Collins, who’d aided his development within the Wolves Academy.
That debut came off the bench in the win over Nottingham Forest, and since that point, such has been his consistency, the Spaniard has played every first-team minute, claiming an assist on his full debut at Crystal Palace.
The extended contract comes after the youngster was voted the club’s Castore Player of the Month for October by supporters, who’ve quickly taken to the latest Wolves Academy graduate.
Wolves technical director Scott Sellars: “We always try to reward young players who are doing particularly well. Hugo, since he came at 16, has been excellent in how he’s progressed. Now he’s done the final bit we want from young players, which is to break into the first-team, so we’re delighted to get a talented boy tied down.”
"I remember when I came here at 16, I went on the tour of the stadium and I sat on the bench. I was sat next to my dad and he said, ‘You will be here one day'."
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Bueno is one of a number of academy players who’ve been handed first-team minutes by Davis and Collins, with both Joe Hodge and Chem Campbell taking their opportunities recently, and his acquisition from Spain displays the in-depth work which goes into recruitment for the academy.
“Hugo was with a grassroots team in Spain who our scouts went to watch and saw him. We brought him in on trial and the rest is history. You’re constantly looking for talent and that’s why you do it, for players like Hugo.
“It was tough for him when he first came with physicality, but I don’t think there’s anybody in the academy who has worked as hard as Hugo, in terms of the extra working and making himself stronger. He was doing extra work on his crossing when he moved to wing-back, having come as an attacking midfielder. He’s got his rewards in terms of playing in the Premier League and getting a new contract. He’s a great example of what hard work can get you.”
