Héctor Bracamonte

Héctor Bracamonte

With Rostov in 2012
Personal information
Full nameHéctor Andrés Bracamonte
Date of birth16 February 1978
Place of birthRío Cuarto, Argentina
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–1999Boca Juniors1(0)
1999–2000Los Andes26(9)
2000–2002Badajoz85(18)
2002–2003Boca Juniors32(16)
2004–2009FC Moscow145(35)
2009–2011Terek Grozny38(4)
2011–2012FC Rostov24(6)
2012–2013Rosario Central9(1)
2013–2014Sarmiento0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 Jan 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

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

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 statistics[5]
Season Club League League Cup Continental Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
2004[6] FC Moscow Russian Premier League 3011 ——3011
2005[7] 255 ——255
2006[8] [9] 243 40—283
2007[10] 172 ——172
2008[11] 278 41—319
2009[12] 132 ——132
Terek Grozny 20 ——20
2010[13] 284 ——284
2011–12 7010——80
Rostov 24631—10287
Total Russia 1974141811021043
Career total 1974141811021043

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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bracamonte Leaves Russia’s Rostov". ria novosti. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Summer registration period finishes in Russia". epfl-europeanleagues. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "H. BRACAMONTE". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Russian Premier League Squads & Stats 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Russian Premier League Squads & Final Stats 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2009". RSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2010". RSSF. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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