Héctor Andrés Bracamonte (born 16 February 1978) is an Argentine

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and former player who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, 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

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before moving to

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to play for

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. In 2002 Bracamonte returned to Argentina to play for Boca again, but after only one season he moved to

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to play for Torpedo Metallurg (renamed

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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 "

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" (a Russian famous poet). During the season 2005 he scored six goals in 27 matches including the one against

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that resembled the famous

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, 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 Republican Football Club Akhmat (; ), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, and formerly as Terek Grozny from 1958 to 2017, is a Russian professional football club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League. History The club was foun ...

signed Bracamonte from

on a two-year deal. Whilst

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was manager of Terek, Bracamonte was a player-coach. Bracamonte left Terek in the summer of 2011, and moved to fellow

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side

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. Bracamonte left Rostov In June 2012 upon the completion of his one-year contract.

Coaching career

In 2015, Baracamonte returned to

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, this time as a youth coach. He was released at the end of 2019. On 16 January 2020, he was hired as a youth coordinator at

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. He resigned in March 2021.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* at Futbol XXI
Statistics
at Football-Lineups {{DEFAULTSORT:Bracamonte, Hector Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Boca Juniors footballers Club Atlético Los Andes footballers Rosario Central footballers Footballers from Río Cuarto, Córdoba 1979 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent CD Badajoz players FC Moscow players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Rostov players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine Primera División players Russian Premier League players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Russia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine football managers Cerro Largo F.C. managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Expatriate football managers in Uruguay