Victor Bezerra

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Photo by: Xavier Daniels/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics

Weight:
175
Height:
6-0
Position:
Forward
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Jones College Prep

2021 (JUNIOR)
Ranked No. 40 on Top Drawer Soccer’s Postseason Top 100 list ... All-Big Ten Second Team … Ranked No. 49 on Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top 100 … MAC Hermann Preseason Watch List … Big Ten Player to Watch … Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI first team … College Soccer News Preseason All-America first team … Started all 20 matches he appeared in … Led team in goals (8) and points (21) … Added five assists, second-most on the team … Five of his goals came as match-winners … Netted both penalty tries … Assisted IU’s lone goal in 1-1 draw at No. 16 Akron (9/10) … Assisted Herbert Endeley’s match-winning goal in 21 win at Northwestern (9/21) … Scored goal of the season from the spot and gave IU 1-0 lead against Michigan (10/1) … Blasted rocket into top corner with 17 seconds remaining in 1-0 golden goal victory over Omaha (10/6) … Scored four goals in three matches with brace against Trine (10/9) … Added two assists versus Trine, totaling six points in the match … Assisted Maouloune Goumballe’s 64th minute goal in win against Ohio State (10/12) … Scored free kick from about 20-yards out to give IU lead in win over Evansville (10/20) … Opened the scoring three minutes into win against VCU (10/27), dribbling around a defender and coolly flicking it across the keeper … Scored opening goal in both of IU’s NCAA Tournament matches … Gave IU the lead against Bowling Green (11/21) after confidently putting away a cross … Won and drained a penalty as IU took a 1-0 lead at No. 2 Washington (11/27) in NCAA Tournament third round.

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
MAC Hermann Trophy runner-up ... United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team ... Top Drawer Soccer Best XI First Team ... United Soccer Coaches All-North Region First Team ... Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year ... All-Big Ten First Team ... Big Ten Offensive Player of the Tournament ... Big Ten All-Tournament Team ... IU co-Male Athlete of the Year... started 15-of-16 matches … led the Hoosiers in goals (12), points (28), shots (50), shots on goal (26), and game-winning goals (4) … converted both his penalty kick tries … season total of 12 goals marked the most by an IU player since Eriq Zavaleta (18) in 2012 … notched one assist against No. 19 Marquette ... scored Indiana's lone goal in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against St. Francis Brooklyn ... Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week (April 20) ... Indiana's all-time leader in single-season Big Ten Tournament goals with 5 ... netted the lone Hoosier goals in the Big Ten Championship match against No. 14 Penn State ... secured a brace against Maryland in the Big Ten semis ... tallied two goals in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament against Northwestern ... assisted on the golden-goal winner against No. 11 Michigan ... tallied one assist in the 3-0 victory over Northwestern ... recorded an unassisted goal in the 3-0 triumph over Rutgers ... scored a goal in the 2-1 victory over Michigan State ... registered an assist against Wisconsin (March 11) in a 4-0 result ... scored a pair of second half goals in a 3-0 win over Ohio State ... notched a brace in the season-opening 3-0 defeat of Wisconsin.

2019 (FRESHMAN)
2019 Top Drawer Soccer Second Team Freshman Best XI ... made 21 appearances with 15 starts ... earned a spot in the Starting XI in each of the final nine contests of the season ... led the Hoosiers with 19 points (eight goals, three assists) ... scored a team-best eight goals and tied for the team-lead with three game-winning goals ... registered three games with multiple goals or assists ... tallied first-career hat trick in Indiana's 3-0 victory over No. 19 Kentucky in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament ... third player in program history to score a postseason hat trick and the first since 2012 ... earned Honorable Mention Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Nov. 5) honors ... recorded a brace and an assist in the 5-1 Hoosier victory over Ohio State ... scored a goal and recorded two assists in Indiana's 5-1 victory over Evansville ... netted a goal in IU's 3-1 win over Wisconsin ... scored a goal in the team's 2-1, double-overtime win over UCLA.

PREP/PERSONAL
Four-star recruit and ranked No. 47 in Top Drawer Soccer's IMG Academy 150 … ranked the No. 3 player in the Midwest region … No. 3 scorer in the Central Region in 2018/2019 season with 21 goals in 22 games ... scored 58 official USSDA and eight Generation Adidas goals.… selected for multiple U.S. National Team training centers … trained with first-teams for Argentina's National Team, AC Milan, Mexico National Team and trains regularly with Chicago Fire First-Team … also trained with Chelsea, FC Barcelona and Fluminense … son of Paulo and Ana Bezerra … has one brother, Luka.