VCF Cadete A player, Hugo de Mateo receives Spain under 17 call-up

The Academy youngster and Paterna-born player has recently extended his ties with the VCF Academy and has been called up to participate in the training sessions for Spain under 17

VCF Cadete A forward, Hugo de Mateo has been called up by Spain under 17 for a series of training sessions with Spain under 17 which will take place in Marbella from May 31st to June 5th as the RFEF announced on Tuesday.

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Likewise, the VCF Academy reached an agreement over a contract extension with the Paterna-born player. Hugo dev Mateo joined the VCF Academy at Querubín level and nowadays he is a main attacking reference for Cadete A who secured the top spot in their group in the Liga Autonómica, Hugo has 15 goals to his tally to show for it.

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Hugo de Mateo joins the list of Academy players to have received recent Spain youth rank call-ups like Vicent Abril, Dani Sánchez or Yarek Gasiorowski.

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