Héctor Bracamonte

Football player infobox
playername = Héctor Bracamonte


fullname = Héctor Andrés Bracamonte
height = height|m=1.91
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|2|16
cityofbirth = Rio Cuarto
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = FC Moscow
clubnumber = 69
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003
2004-Present
clubs = Boca Juniors
Los Andes
CD Badajoz
Boca Juniors
FC Moscow
caps(goals) = 1 (0)
26 (9)
85 (18)
32 (16)
101 (22)
pcupdate = 17 April 2008

Héctor Bracamonte (born February 16 1979 in Río Cuarto, Córdoba) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for FC Moscow of the Russian Premier League. His nickname is "Braca".

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 writer).

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 goalkeeperFact|date=April 2007.

External links

* [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=1585&SEOFutbolista=Bracamonte+Hector+Andres Argentine Primera statistics] at Futbol XXI
* [http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/6988/ Statistics] at Football-Lineups