Victor in action with Atlético Mineiro in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor Leandro Bagy | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Santo Anastácio, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Atlético Mineiro | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997 | São Paulo | ||
1998–2002 | Paulista | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2007 | Paulista | 138 | (0) |
2002 | → Ituano (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2008–2012 | Grêmio | 139 | (0) |
2012– | Atlético Mineiro | 160 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010–2014 | Brazil | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:40, 4 December 2015 (UTC) |
Victor Leandro Bagy, simply known as Victor (born 21 January 1983), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Atlético Mineiro as a goalkeeper.
Having started his career with Paulista, where he spent his first six professional years and won the Copa do Brasil in 2005, Victor moved to Grêmio in 2008, where he finished as runner-up of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in his first season, receiving the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão twice and the Bola de Prata once as best goalkeeper in the league during his spell with the club. He then joined Atlético Mineiro in 2012, where he won the Copa Libertadores in 2013 (being selected as the best goalkeeper of the tournament) and the Copa do Brasil in 2014, while again finishing as runner-up of the Brasileiro twice.
Victor has represented the Brazilian national team since 2010, being part of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup winning squad, also being included in the 2011 Copa América and 2014 FIFA World Cup teams.
Born in Santo Anastácio, Victor joined São Paulo FC's youth setup in 1997, aged 14. However, a year later he moved to Paulista FC, due to the limited prospect of playing in the first-team. Victor was called up to the main squad in 2000, but had to wait until 2003 to make his senior debut. He served his first years mostly as a backup to Rafael Bracalli, but in 2006, after the latter's move to C.D. Nacional, he was chosen as first-choice; Victor also was a part of the squad which won the 2005 Copa do Brasil, but remained as a substitute in the both legs of the final.