Héctor Bracamonte

Héctor Andrés Bracamonte (born 16 February 1978 in Río Cuarto, Córdoba) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a striker.

Héctor Bracamonte
With Rostov in 2012
Personal information
Full name Héctor Andrés Bracamonte
Date of birth (1978-02-16) 16 February 1978
Place of birth Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Boca Juniors 1 (0)
1999–2000 Los Andes 26 (9)
2000–2002 Badajoz 85 (18)
2002–2003 Boca Juniors 32 (16)
2003 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 9 (5)
2004–2009 FC Moscow 136 (30)
2009–2011 Terek Grozny 38 (4)
2011–2012 Rostov 24 (6)
2012–2013 Rosario Central 9 (1)
2013–2014 Sarmiento 0 (0)
Total 360 (89)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Bracamonte started his career at Boca Juniors 1998, he played only 1 game for the club before moving down a division to the Argentine 2nd division with Club Atlético Los Andes before moving to Spain to play for CD Badajoz.

In 2002 Bracamonte returned to Argentina to play for Boca again, but after only one season he moved to Russia to play for Torpedo Metallurg (renamed FC Moscow the same season). He made a total of 39 appearances during his second spell at Boca in all competitions, scoring 17 goals.

In 2003 Bracamonte played nine matches for Torpedo Metallurg, scoring five goals. Bracamonte scored 10 goals in 30 matches and became the club's top scorer the following season. He became popular with the Moscow fans due to his various stylish haircuts. Once he wore long curly hair Bracamonte was nicknamed "Pushkin" (a Russian famous poet).

During the season 2005 he scored six goals in 27 matches including the one against FC Spartak Moscow that resembled the famous Diego Maradona's Goal of the Century, dribbling past three opponents and the goalkeeper.

Bracamonte is FC Moscow's record holder for most league games played for the club with 145 appearances. On 29 July 2009 FC Terek Grozny signed Bracamonte from FC Moscow on a two-year deal.[2] Whilst Ruud Gullit was manager of Terek, Bracamonte was a player-coach.[3] Bracamonte left Terek in the summer of 2011, and moved to fellow Russian Premier League side FC Rostov.[4] Bracamonte left Rostov In June 2012 upon the completion of his one-year contract.[3]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 May 2012[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 2003 Russian Premier League 9511—106
FC Moscow 2004 Russian Premier League 301000-3010
2005 25521-276
2006 2432040-303
2007 17262-234
2008 2781141-3210
2009 13221-153
Total 1363013581--15736
Terek Grozny 2009 Russian Premier League 2000-20
2010 28400-284
2011–12 7010-80
Total 37410----384
Rostov 2011–12 Russian Premier League 24631—10287
Career total 19740176811022347

Personal

His nicknames are "Braca" and "Pushkin".

References
  1. "Эктор Бракамонте". fc-terek.ru. FC Terek. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  2. Эктор Бракамонте перешел в "Терек"
  3. "Bracamonte Leaves Russia's Rostov". ria novosti. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. "Summer registration period finishes in Russia". epfl-europeanleagues. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. "H.Bracamonte". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. "Бракамонте Эктор Андрес". premierliga.ru/ (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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