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Héctor Bracamonte
	With Rostov in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Andrés Bracamonte
Date of birth	16 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Boca Juniors
1999–2000	Los Andes
2000–2002	Badajoz
2002–2003	Boca Juniors
2003	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
2004–2009	FC Moscow
2009–2011	Terek Grozny
2011–2012	Rostov
2012–2013	Rosario Central
2013–2014	Sarmiento
Total
Managerial career
2015–2019	Boca Juniors (youth)
2022	Cerro Largo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Coaching career

In 2015, Baracamonte returned to Boca Juniors, this time as a youth coach.^[5] He was released at the end of 2019. On 16 January 2020, he was hired as a youth coordinator at Huracan.^[6] He resigned in March 2021.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 May 2012^[8]^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	2003	Russian Premier League	9	5	1	1	—				10	6
FC Moscow	2004	Russian Premier League	30	10	0	0	-				30	10
	2005		25	5	2	1	-				27	6
	2006		24	3	2	0	4	0	-		30	3
	2007		17	2	6	2	-				23	4
	2008		27	8	1	1	4	1	-		32	10
	2009		13	2	2	1	-				15	3
	Total		136	30	13	5	8	1	-	-	157	36
Terek Grozny	2009	Russian Premier League	2	0	0	0	-				2	0
	2010		28	4	0	0	-				28	4
	2011–12		7	0	1	0	-				8	0
	Total		37	4	1	0	-	-	-	-	38	4
Rostov	2011–12	Russian Premier League	24	6	3	1	—		1	0	28	7
Career total			197	40	17	6	8	1	1	0	223	47