diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 759e2b5..de177ae 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ gem "title"
 gem "uglifier"
 gem "telegram-bot-ruby"
 gem "leaflet-rails"
+gem "paperclip", "~> 5.0.0.beta1"
 
 group :development do
   gem "quiet_assets"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9c3799c..5ae7d8e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ GEM
     capybara-webkit (1.10.1)
       capybara (>= 2.3.0, < 2.8.0)
       json
+    climate_control (0.0.3)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0)
+    cocaine (0.5.8)
+      climate_control (>= 0.0.3, < 1.0)
     coderay (1.1.1)
     coercible (1.0.0)
       descendants_tracker (~> 0.0.1)
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ GEM
     mime-types (3.0)
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2016.0221)
+    mimemagic (0.3.1)
     mini_portile2 (2.0.0)
     minitest (5.8.4)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
@@ -141,6 +146,12 @@ GEM
     nokogiri (1.6.7.2)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.0.0.rc2)
     normalize-rails (3.0.3)
+    paperclip (5.0.0.beta2)
+      activemodel (>= 4.2.0)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+      cocaine (~> 0.5.5)
+      mime-types
+      mimemagic (~> 0.3.0)
     pg (0.18.4)
     pry (0.10.3)
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
@@ -290,6 +301,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   neat (~> 1.7.0)
   newrelic_rpm (>= 3.9.8)
   normalize-rails (~> 3.0.0)
+  paperclip (~> 5.0.0.beta1)
   pg
   pry-byebug
   pry-rails
diff --git a/app/models/player.rb b/app/models/player.rb
index 8933b1c..e38b966 100644
--- a/app/models/player.rb
+++ b/app/models/player.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,24 @@
 #
 # Table name: players
 #
-#  id               :integer          not null, primary key
-#  first_name       :string
-#  last_name        :string
-#  username         :string
-#  telegram_user_id :integer
+#  id                  :integer          not null, primary key
+#  first_name          :string
+#  last_name           :string
+#  username            :string
+#  telegram_user_id    :integer
+#  avatar_file_name    :string
+#  avatar_content_type :string
+#  avatar_file_size    :integer
+#  avatar_updated_at   :datetime
 #
 
 class Player < ActiveRecord::Base
-  has_many :attendances
+  has_many :attendances, dependent: :destroy
+  has_attached_file :avatar, styles: { medium: "300x300>", thumb: "100x100>" },
+    default_url: "/images/:style/missing.png"
+  validates_attachment_content_type :avatar, content_type: /\Aimage\/.*\Z/
+
+  def avatar_url
+    avatar.url(:original)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 643e9d1..cc9fd8b 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@
   config.action_view.raise_on_missing_translations = true
   config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: "localhost:3000" }
   default_url_options[:host] = ENV['APPLICATION_HOST']
+  Paperclip.options[:command_path] = "/usr/local/bin/"
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160513142219_add_attachment_avatar_to_players.rb b/db/migrate/20160513142219_add_attachment_avatar_to_players.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c93a94f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160513142219_add_attachment_avatar_to_players.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class AddAttachmentAvatarToPlayers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    change_table :players do |t|
+      t.attachment :avatar
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_attachment :players, :avatar
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 2347e7a..7d314e3 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160422153232) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160513142219) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -55,10 +55,14 @@
   end
 
   create_table "players", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string  "first_name"
-    t.string  "last_name"
-    t.string  "username"
-    t.integer "telegram_user_id"
+    t.string   "first_name"
+    t.string   "last_name"
+    t.string   "username"
+    t.integer  "telegram_user_id"
+    t.string   "avatar_file_name"
+    t.string   "avatar_content_type"
+    t.integer  "avatar_file_size"
+    t.datetime "avatar_updated_at"
   end
 
   add_foreign_key "attendances", "games"
diff --git a/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join.rb b/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join.rb
index 9b3d984..44dc671 100644
--- a/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join.rb
+++ b/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ def initialize(telegram_bot, message)
     def run
       if game_exists?
         current_player = Player.find_or_create_by(telegram_user_id: message.from.id)
+        pics = telegram_bot.api.get_user_profile_photos(user_id: message.from.id)
+        file_id = pics["result"]["photos"][0][2]["file_id"]
+        file = telegram_bot.api.get_file(file_id: file_id)
+        file_path = file["result"]["file_path"]
+        photo_url = "https://api.telegram.org/file/bot#{ENV["TELEGRAM_TOKEN"]}/#{file_path}"
+        current_player.avatar = URI.parse(photo_url)
+        current_player.first_name = message.from.first_name
+        current_player.last_name = message.from.last_name
+        current_player.username = message.from.username
+        current_player.save
+
         attendence = Attendance.new(game: current_game, player: current_player)
         attendence.save
         telegram_bot.api.send_message(
diff --git a/spec/factories/player.rb b/spec/factories/player.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e914b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/player.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+include ActionDispatch::TestProcess
+
+FactoryGirl.define do
+  factory :player do
+    first_name "Han"
+    last_name "Solo"
+    username "HSolo"
+    telegram_user_id "123"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/profile_picture.png b/spec/fixtures/profile_picture.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ef335c
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/fixtures/profile_picture.png differ
diff --git a/spec/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join_game_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join_game_spec.rb
index 86252ac..41992a9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join_game_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pickup_bot/commands/join_game_spec.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 
   context "an active game exists" do
     scenario "new player joins game, a new player is created" do
+      stub_avatar_request
+      allow(bot.api).to receive(:get_user_profile_photos).and_return(stub_telegram_photos)
+      allow(bot.api).to receive(:get_file).and_return(stub_file_hash)
+
       message = Telegram::Bot::Types::Message.new(message_params("/join"))
       game = Game.create(chat_id: fake_chat_id, required_players: 5)
 
@@ -51,6 +55,8 @@
             )).to have_been_made.times(1)
       expect(Player.count).to eq 1
       expect(Game.last.attendances.count).to eq 1
+      expect(Player.last.avatar_file_name).to_not eq nil
+      expect(Player.last.first_name).to eq message.from.first_name
     end
 
     scenario "existing player joins game" do
@@ -74,4 +80,30 @@
       expect(Game.last.attendances.count).to eq 1
     end
   end
+
+
+  private
+  def stub_telegram_photos
+    {"ok"=>true,
+     "result"=>
+    {"total_count"=>1,
+     "photos"=>
+    [[{"file_id"=>"fake-file-id", "file_size"=>8786, "width"=>160, "height"=>160},
+      {"file_id"=>"fake-file-id-2", "file_size"=>23897, "width"=>320, "height"=>320},
+      {"file_id"=>"fake-file-id-3", "file_size"=>62566, "width"=>640, "height"=>640}]]}}
+  end
+
+  def stub_file_hash
+    {"ok"=>true, "result"=>{"file_id"=> "fake-file-id", "file_size"=>8786, "file_path"=>"photo/file_0.jpg"}}
+  end
+
+
+  def stub_avatar_request
+    stub_request(:get, "https://api.telegram.org/file/bot143293395:AAHiPFb9qZYYRckQGRt5IJTlGG8KsHFh6X8/photo/file_0.jpg").
+      with(:headers => {'Accept'=>'*/*', 'Accept-Encoding'=>'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent'=>'Ruby'}).
+      to_return(
+        :status => 200,
+        :body => File.open(File.join(Rails.root, '/spec/fixtures/profile_picture.png')),
+        :headers => { content_type: "image/png" })
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/player_spec.rb b/spec/models/player_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6880adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/player_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# == Schema Information
+#
+# Table name: players
+#
+#  id                  :integer          not null, primary key
+#  first_name          :string
+#  last_name           :string
+#  username            :string
+#  telegram_user_id    :integer
+#  avatar_file_name    :string
+#  avatar_content_type :string
+#  avatar_file_size    :integer
+#  avatar_updated_at   :datetime
+#
+
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Player, type: :model do
+  describe "associations" do
+    it { is_expected.to have_many :attendances }
+  end
+
+  describe "#avatar_url" do
+    context "when it is set" do
+      it "returns the uploaded image" do
+        fake_picture = "#{Rails.root}/spec/fixtures/profile_picture.png"
+
+        player = build(:player, first_name: "Harisson", last_name: "Ford",
+                                username: "Han Solo", telegram_user_id: "123",
+                                avatar: fixture_file_upload(fake_picture)
+                              )
+
+        expect(player.avatar_url).to eq(player.avatar.url(:original))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end