{{short description|Brazilian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Victor | image = Victor 2012 02.jpg | caption = Victor in action with Atlético Mineiro in 2012 | full_name = Victor Leandro Bagy<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf |title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Brazil |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=14 July 2014 |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630075509/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|1|21}}<ref name="FIFA"/> | birth_place = Santo Anastácio, Brazil | height = 1.94 m<ref name="FIFA"/> | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1997 | youthclubs1 = São Paulo | youthyears2 = 1998–2002 | youthclubs2 = Paulista | years1 = 2002–2007 | clubs1 = Paulista | caps1 = 87 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2002 | clubs2 = → Ituano (loan) | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2008–2012 | clubs3 = Grêmio | caps3 = 218 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2012–2021 | clubs4 = Atlético Mineiro | caps4 = 325 | goals4 = 0 | totalcaps = 609 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2010–2013 | nationalteam1 = Brazil | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Victor Leandro Bagy''' (born 21 January 1983), known as '''Victor''', is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played 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 Brazil 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.
==Club career== ===Paulista=== 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 for both legs of the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/sp/sorocaba/noticia/2013/07/ex-companheiros-de-victor-e-rever-no-paulista-torcem-pelo-atletico-mg.html|title= Ex-companheiros de Victor e Réver no Paulista torcem pelo Atlético-MG| trans-title=Victor's and Réver's former teammates in Paulista support Atlético Mineiro|website=Globo Esporte|date=17 July 2013|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref>
===Grêmio=== On 18 December 2007, Victor joined Grêmio,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gremio.net/news/view.aspx?id=3784&language=0|title=Grêmio anuncia goleiro Victor|trans-title=Grêmio announces goalkeeper Victor|website=Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|date=18 December 2007|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> with the ''Tricolor'' paying R$400,000 for a half of his registration rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas/2007/12/18/ult59u140375.jhtm|title=Grêmio confirma Victor, do Paulista, como seu novo goleiro|trans-title=Grêmio confirms Victor, from Paulista, as their new goalkeeper|website=UOL Esporte|date=18 December 2007|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> He retained a starting spot during his first games at the club, but suffered an injury on 24 February 2008, being sidelined for one and a half month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas/2008/02/25/ult59u147616.jhtm|title=Goleiro Victor, com lesão renal, fica um mês e meio afastado|trans-title=Goalkeeper Victor, with a kidney injury, stays one and a half month sidelined|website=UOL Esporte|date=25 February 2008|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> Victor returned from injury and was an undisputed starter during the year, appearing in all matches during the Brasileirão and winning the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão for best goalkeeper of the tournament. In 2009, he was again the championship's best, winning both the Bola de Prata and the Craque do Brasileirão, but his contribution was reduced due to call-ups to the national side. In the summer, Victor was linked to Bari<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/0,,MUL1113583-9825,00-JORNAL+ITALIANO+DIZ+QUE+BARI+ESTARIA+INTERESSADO+EM+VICTOR+DO+GREMIO.html|title=Jornal italiano diz que Bari estaria interessado em Victor, do Grêmio|trans-title=Italian newspaper says that Bari is interested in Victor, from Grêmio|website=Globo Esporte|date=8 May 2009|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> and Benfica,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/0,,MUL1244380-9825,00-BENFICA+QUER+TIRAR+O+GOLEIRO+VICTOR+E+O+ZAGUEIRO+REVER+DO+GREMIO.html|title=Benfica quer tirar o goleiro Victor e o zagueiro Réver do Grêmio|trans-title=Benfica wants to take away goalkeeper Victor and stopper Réver from Grêmio|website=Globo Esporte|date=27 July 2009|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> but nothing came of it.
On 18 June 2010, he signed a new contract with Grêmio, running until 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://placar.abril.com.br/materia/goleiro-victor-renova-contrato-com-o-gremio-ate-2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233309/http://placar.abril.com.br/materia/goleiro-victor-renova-contrato-com-o-gremio-ate-2015|title=Goleiro Victor renova contrato com o Grêmio até 2015|trans-title=Goalkeeper Victor renews contract with Grêmio until 2015|website=Placar|date=18 June 2010|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=14 July 2014|language=pt}}</ref> Victor remained in the starting eleven, and his side finished fourth. However, in the following years, Grêmio struggled to keep the same levels of the past seasons, but he appeared 32 times in 2011.
===Atlético Mineiro=== On 29 June 2012, Victor joined Atlético Mineiro for a €3.5 million fee, signing a five-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,atletico-mg-contrata-goleiro-victor-ex-gremio,893663|title=Atlético-MG contrata goleiro Victor, ex-Grêmio|trans-title=Atlético Mineiro signs goalkeeper Victor, former Grêmio player|website=O Estado de S. Paulo|date=29 June 2012|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> He immediately became the first-choice goalkeeper in his new club, appearing in 29 matches as Galo finished second in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro. In 2013, Victor was one of the key figures of Atlético Mineiro's 2013 Copa Libertadores winning run. An iconic moment for him and the club happened in the second leg of that competition's quarter-finals, when a penalty kick was awarded to Club Tijuana in injury time. It would have meant elimination for Atlético if it had been scored, but was saved by Victor with his foot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ogol.com.br/noticia.php?id=112814|title='Salvador', Victor é exaltado após defesa 'mais importante da vida'|trans-title='Savior', Victor is glorified after 'most important stop of life'|website=Ogol|date=31 May 2013|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> The save, according to sports commentators and fans, represented the kicking out of the club's historic "bad luck".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://blogs.lancenet.com.br/maurobeting/2013/05/31/atletico-mineiro-1-x-1-tijuana-victor-e-vitoria/|title = Atlético Mineiro 1 x 1 Tijuana – Victor e vitória|date = 31 May 2013|access-date = 6 October 2015|website = Lance!|last = Beting|first = Mauro|language = pt|trans-title = Atlético Mineiro 1 x 1 Tijuana – Victor and victory}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://esporte.ig.com.br/futebol/2013-05-31/kalil-chora-com-defesa-de-victor-e-diz-porcarias-sairam-so-tem-time-bom.html|title = Kalil chora com defesa de Victor e diz: "Porcarias saíram, só tem time bom"|date = 31 May 2013|work = Internet Group|access-date = 6 September 2015|language = pt|trans-title = Kalil cries with Victor's save and says: "The sludge is off, only good teams now"}}</ref> Victor also made saves in the penalty shoot-outs against Newell's Old Boys<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/libertadores/noticia/2013/07/lutar-lutar-lutar-atletico-mg-bate-newells-nos-penaltis-e-vai-final.html|title=Lutar, lutar, lutar! Atlético-MG bate Newell's nos pênaltis e vai à final|trans-title=Fight, fight, fight! Atlético-MG defeats Newell's in penalties and goes to the final|website=Globo Esporte|date=11 July 2013|access-date=25 April 2017|language=pt}}</ref> in the semi-finals and Club Olimpia in the finals, and was elected the competition's best goalkeeper.<ref name=":0" />
==International career== [[File:Brazil and Colombia match at the FIFA World Cup 2014-07-04 (42).jpg|250px|thumb|Victor (# 22) at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.]] On 21 May 2009, Victor was called up for the second time (2005 was the first) to the Brazil national team for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 10 August 2010, he made his debut with the main squad, starting in a 2–0 friendly match win against United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/11/25/us-falls-to-brazil-2-0|title=USA Falls to Brazil 2-0 in Front of 77,223 Fans at The New Meadowlands Stadium|website=US Soccer|date=10 August 2010|access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref> He was included as a substitute goalkeeper in the Brazilian squad for 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Also, he was part of the squad for 2011 Copa América.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dunga convoca Seleção Brasileira para jogos das Eliminatórias e Copa das Confederações |trans-title=Dunga calls up Brazilian National Team ahead of Qualifications and Confederations Cup games |url=http://www.cbf.com.br/sitenoticias/_980615052009521.html |access-date=22 April 2009 |date=21 April 2009 |publisher=Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525201906/http://www.cbf.com.br/sitenoticias/_980615052009521.html |archive-date=25 May 2009 }}</ref> On 7 May 2014, Victor was included among the 23-man squad ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27312691|title=World Cup 2014: Kaka and Robinho omitted from Brazil squad|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 May 2014|access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Victor is Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://placar.abril.com.br/materia/homem-de-fe-sdsd |title=Homem de Fé: Goleiro Victor virou santo após ganhar a Libertadores| language=pt |access-date=22 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221134801/http://placar.abril.com.br/materia/homem-de-fe-sdsd |archive-date=21 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/libertadores/ultimas-noticias/2013/07/25/terco-atirado-por-torcedora-vira-amuleto-para-victor-nas-cobrancas-de-penaltis.htm|title=Terço atirado por torcedora vira amuleto para Victor nas cobranças de pênaltis}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://fidespress.com/brasil/jogadores-catolicos-testemunham-fe-na-copa/ | title=Jogadores católicos testemunham a fé na Copa | language=pt | date=8 July 2014 | access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway|victor-leandro-bagy/32329|Victor|accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref> !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|State League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Paulista |2004 |rowspan="4"|Série B |0||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2005 |1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2006 |28||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||30||0 |- |2007 |37||0||18||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||55||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !66!!0!!21!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!87!!0 |- |rowspan="6"|Grêmio |2008<ref name="GP">{{cite web|url=https://www.gremiopedia.com/wiki/Victor_Leandro_Bagy|title=Victor Leandro Bagy|publisher=GrêmioPédia|language=pt-BR|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> |rowspan="5"|Série A |38||0||8||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||47||0 |- |2009<ref name="GP"/> |28||0||16||0||colspan="2"|—||10{{efn|name=COL|Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores}}||0||colspan="2"|—||54||0 |- |2010<ref name="GP"/> |35||0||21||0||9||0||1{{efn|name=COS|Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana}}||0||colspan="2"|—||66||0 |- |2011<ref name="GP"/> |32||0||14||0||colspan="2"|—||8{{efn|name=COL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||54||0 |- |2012<ref name="GP"/> |6||0||20||0||10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||36||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !139!!0!!79!!0!!20!!0!!19!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!257!!0 |- |rowspan="11"|Atlético Mineiro |2012 |rowspan="10"|Série A |29||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||0 |- |2013 |29||0||13||0||2||0||14{{efn|name=COL}}||0||2{{efn|name=FCW|Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup}}||0||60||0 |- |2014 |32||0||10||0||8||0||7{{efn|name=COL}}||0||2{{efn|name=RES|Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana}}||0||59||0 |- |2015 |38||0||15||0||2||0||8{{efn|name=COL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||63||0 |- |2016 |32||0||10||0||7||0||8{{efn|name=COL}}||0||2{{efn|name=PRL|Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga}}||0||59||0 |- |2017 |36||0||3||0||4||0||4{{efn|name=COL}}||0||2{{efn|name=PRL}}||0||49||0 |- |2018 |38||0||15||0||8||0||2{{efn|name=COS}}||0||colspan="2"|—||63||0 |- |2019 |10||0||10||0||4||0||10{{efn|name=COL_COS|Nine appearances in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana}}||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- |2020 |1||0||3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- |2021 |0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !245!!0!!80!!0!!35!!0!!53!!0!!8!!0!!421!!0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !450!!0!!180!!0!!55!!0!!72!!0!!8!!0!!776!!0 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|31566|name=Victor|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Brazil |2010||4||0 |- |2011||1||0 |- |2013||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!6!!0 |}
==Honours== '''Paulista''' *Copa do Brasil: 2005
'''Grêmio''' *Campeonato Gaúcho: 2010
'''Atlético Mineiro''' *Copa Libertadores: 2013 *Recopa Sudamericana: 2014 *Copa do Brasil: 2014 *Campeonato Mineiro: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
'''Brazil''' *FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009
'''Individual''' * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2008, 2009<ref name="2008w">{{cite web |title=Hexacampeão, São Paulo domina também o Prêmio Craque Brasileirão|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/Brasileirao/Serie_A/0,,MUL915557-9827,00-HEXACAMPEAO+SAO+PAULO+DOMINA+TAMBEM+O+PREMIO+CRAQUE+BRASILEIRAO.html |access-date=21 June 2009 |date=8 December 2008 |work=Globo Esporte |language=pt}}</ref><ref name="2009w">{{cite web |title=Hexacampeão, Flamengo recebe troféu de campeão nacional |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/Brasileirao/Serie_A/0,,MUL1406831-9827,00-CRAQUE+BRASILEIRAO+FLAMENGO+RECEBE+TROFEU+DE+CAMPEAO+NACIONAL.html |access-date=9 December 2009 |date=8 December 2009 |work=Globo Esporte |language=pt}}</ref> * Bola de Prata: 2009 * Copa Libertadores Goalkeeper of Year: 2013<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Santander entrega a Victor Leandro Bagy, del Atlético Mineiro, el Trofeo Santander al mejor portero de la Libertadores 2013|url=http://www.futbolsantander.com/es/actualidad/noticias/?noticia=866|publisher=Fútbol Santander|access-date=10 December 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131227100445/http://www.futbolsantander.com/es/actualidad/noticias/?noticia=866|archive-date=27 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140517004753/http://victor1.com.br/ Official website] {{in lang|pt}}
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