Buete was born in Arizona and moved with his family to Bowie, Maryland, while in elementary school.
Already a soccer player, he continued sports activity and graduated from Bowie High School in 1999.
The Baltimore Blast selected Buete in the fourth round of the 2006 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Dispersal Draft.
MISL collapsed after the 2007–2008 season and the Blast moved to the newly created National Indoor Soccer League.
[citation needed] In January 2009, the Atlanta Silverbacks announced they had withdrawn from USL-1 for the 2009 season and Buete signed with the Charleston Battery on April 3, 2009.