![]() Bueno playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Santiago Ignacio Bueno Sciutto [1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 November 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Peñarol | |||
2017 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Barcelona B | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Peralada-Girona B (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Peralada-Girona B (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2019–2023 | Girona | 110 | (3) |
2023– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Uruguay U17 | 25 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Uruguay U20 | 27 | (2) |
2020 | Uruguay U23 | 5 | (2) |
2023– | Uruguay | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023 |
Santiago Ignacio Bueno Sciutto (born 9 November 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Uruguay national team.
Born in Montevideo, Bueno joined Peñarol in 2009, aged ten. [2] On 5 January 2016, he was promoted to the first team squad. [3]
Bueno made his unofficial first team debut on 23 January 2016, playing the entire second-half of a 1–1 draw against Club Libertad in the Copa Antel friendly tournament. [4]
On 31 January 2017, FC Barcelona reached an agreement with Peñarol for the transfer of Bueno. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Catalans. [5] [6] Barcelona had followed his progress for a year before signing him. [7]
On 24 January 2018, Bueno was loaned to Segunda División B side CF Peralada-Girona B until the end of the season. [8] [9] He returned to the side on 31 August 2018, for a second loan spell. [10]
On 19 August 2019, Bueno signed a five-year contract with Girona FC in the second division, as a free agent. [11] [12] [13] He made his debut for the club on 19 December, starting in a 2–1 away win against Linares Deportivo in that season's Copa del Rey. [14]
Bueno made his professional debut on 20 July 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Christian Rivera in a 2–0 loss at AD Alcorcón in the Segunda División championship. [15] He scored his first professional goal on 10 April 2021, but in a 2–1 loss at Rayo Vallecano, and was a regular starter during the 2021–22 season as the club achieved promotion to La Liga.
Bueno made his debut in the Spanish top tier on 14 August 2022, starting in a 1–0 away loss to Valencia CF. The following 23 January, he renewed his contract until 2026. [16]
On 30 August 2023, Bueno underwent a medical for a transfer to English club Wolverhampton Wanderers. [17] A day later, he officially joined the club for a reported £8.5 million fee, signing a five-year contract. [18] [19]
Bueno made his Wolves debut in an EFL Cup game away to Ipswich Town on 26 September 2023. [20]
Bueno made his Premier League debut in a controversial 3–2 defeat away to Fulham on 27 November 2023 that featured three penalties. [21]
Bueno has represented Uruguay at under-17 and under-20 youth international levels. [22] [1] In December 2019, he was called up to the under-23 team for the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. [23]
On 21 October 2022, Bueno was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, [24] but did not make it to the final squad. He made his debut with the full side on 24 March 2023, starting in a 1–1 friendly draw against Japan at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. [25]
Bueno is the younger brother of professional footballer Gastón Bueno. [2] His cousin Gonzalo Bueno is a former Uruguayan youth international. [2]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Barcelona | 2017–18 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peralada-Girona B (loan) | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
Peralada-Girona B (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 | ||
Girona | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Segunda División | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 43 | 3 | |||
2021–22 | Segunda División | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 1 | |||
2022–23 | La Liga | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 0 | |||
Total | 110 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 4 | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2023–24 [26] | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
Career total | 163 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uruguay | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
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