Héctor Bracamonte

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Héctor Bracamonte

Full name	Héctor Andrés Bracamonte
Date of birth	February 16, 1979 (1979-02-16) (age 29)
Place of birth	Rio Cuarto, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	FC Moscow
Number	69
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2004-Present	Boca Juniors Los Andes CD Badajoz Boca Juniors FC Moscow	1 (0) 26 (9) 85 (18) 32 (16) 101 (22)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Héctor Bracamonte is an Argentine football striker. He was born on February 16, 1979, in the city of Río Cuarto in the Córdoba Province of Argentina. He 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 goalkeeper^{[citation needed]}.