Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno

Personal information
Full name	Alberto Bueno Calvo
Date of birth	20 March 1988 (1988-03-20)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker / Winger
Club information
Current club	Valladolid
Number	15
Youth career
	EF Concepción
2001–2006	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2009	Real Madrid B	97	(22)
2008–2009	Real Madrid	3	(0)
2009–	Valladolid	29	(5)
2010–2011	→ Derby County (loan)	29	(5)
National team
2004	Spain U16	4	(4)
2004–2005	Spain U17	6	(3)
2006–2007	Spain U19	13	(11)
2007	Spain U20	4	(1)
2008	Spain U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bueno and the second or maternal family name is Calvo.

Alberto Bueno Calvo (born 20 March 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.

Club career

Real Madrid

Born in Madrid, Bueno was a product of Real Madrid's youth system. Bueno played, in 2005–06, for the Juvenil team, scoring 37 goals in 37 matches. The following season, he progressed to Real Madrid Castilla, playing 31 games in the second division.

In August 2007, Real Madrid signed Bueno on a professional contract with the first team. He was called up to the pre-season training under coach Bernd Schuster, teaming up in a friendly match versus FC Lokomotiv Moscow, where he was substituted at the break by another cantera player, Javier Balboa.

On 11 November 2008, due to many first team injuries, Bueno was given his official debut, in a Copa del Rey home contest against Real Unión (third level). Within minutes of his entry, fifteen minutes into the second half, he scored in a 4–3 final win, but Real Madrid suffered a shock exit from the competition (6–6 aggregate). Eleven days later, he made his La Liga debut, as a late substitute (for Raúl) in a 1–0 home win against Recreativo de Huelva.

Valladolid

On 15 July 2009, Real Valladolid purchased Bueno on a five-year deal, with Real Madrid having an option to rebuy in the first two. During his first season, he was used intermittently, as the Castile and León side also suffered top flight relegation.

On 30 August 2010, English club Derby County announced that Bueno was a guest at the Rams' 2–2 draw against Queens Park Rangers, and that a loan deal was very close to being completed in time for the close of the transfer window. It was revealed the following day that the player signed on a season-long loan.

After making his debut as a substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Sheffield United, and his first start in a 0–2 defeat at Hull City, Bueno helped spark a run of six unbeaten matches, as Derby earned 14 points from a possible 18 – after just one win in the first four games – earning praise from first-team coach Gary Crosby, who said: "Alberto is a natural footballer – his awareness, his touch and his ability are outstanding at times."

Playing as one of three support strikers in Derby's 4–2–3–1 formation, Bueno grabbed his first goals for the club with a brace against Crystal Palace, and followed it up with the second in a 3–0 win over Preston North End, earning the Man of the match award in both games. His form was such he was linked with a move to Premier League side Wigan Athletic, but Derby dismissed the link, stating "There is no clause in the loan agreement which allows (Bueno) to leave during the January transfer window."

After a promising start, Bueno, and the team as a whole, faded throughout the rest of the campaign, winning just four of twenty-six league games and dropping from fourth in the table to 19th. He contributed with just two goals in the final seven months of the campaign, in defeats against Ipswich Town and Norwich City, and at the end of the season Clough stated himself "unsure" over the player's future, saying his signature was "not a priority".

International career

Bueno was part of the under-19 national team which won the 2006 European Championship. He was the top scorer of the competition with five goals, with another Castilla product, Juan Manuel Mata, adding four.

Subsequently, he represented the nation at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

Honours

Spain U19

• UEFA U-19 Championship: 2006

External links

• Valladolid official profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Alberto Bueno career stats at Soccerbase
• Alberto Bueno – FIFA competition record
• Transfermarkt profile