Victor Sanders

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Victor Sanders

| image = Victor Sanders 2024.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| number = 6

| position = Shooting guard

| height_m = 1.96

| weight_kg = 90

| league = VTB United League

| team = Anwil Włocławek

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|16}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school = Jefferson (Portland, Oregon)

| college = Idaho (2014–2018)

| draft_year = 2018

| career_start = 2018

| years1 = 2018–2020

| team1 = Antwerp Giants

| years2 = 2020–2021

| team2 = Dolomiti Energia Trento

| years3 = 2021–2022

| team3 = Reyer Venezia

| years4 = 2022–2023

| team4 = U-BT Cluj-Napoca

| years5 = 2023–2024

| team5 = Anwil Włocławek

| years6 = 2024–present

| team6 = Enisey

| highlights =

PLK Most Valuable Player (2024)
All-PLK Team (2024)
FIBA Europe Cup champion (2023)
First-team All-Big Sky (2017)
Second-team All-Big Sky (2018)

}}

Victor Sanders (born February 16, 1995) is an American basketball player for Enisey of the VTB United League. He competed in college for Idaho.

College career

Sanders tore his ACL in his right knee before starting college at the University of Idaho but started playing basketball three months after surgery without medical approval. He received limited minutes as a freshman, scoring four points per game. He improved his scoring average to 14 points per game as a sophomore. As a junior, Sanders averaged 20.9 points per game and became a team leader.{{cite news |title=Victor Sanders a virtuoso in his own right for Vandals |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/feb/12/victors-sanders-a-virtuoso-in-his-own-right-for-va/ |access-date=August 8, 2018 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=February 12, 2018}} He was selected to the First Team All-Big Sky as a junior.{{cite press release|url=http://www.bigskyconf.com/news/2017/3/6/MBB_0306175634.aspx |title=Wiley Headlines 2016-17 #BIGSKYMBB All-Conference Team |publisher=Big Sky Conference |date=March 6, 2017 |access-date=March 6, 2017}} As a senior, Sanders was named to the Second Team All-Big Sky.{{cite press release|url=http://bigskyconf.com/news/2018/3/7/mens-basketball-montanas-decuire-named-bigskymbb-coach-of-the-year.aspx |title=Montana's DeCuire Named #BigSkyMBB Coach of the Year |publisher=Big Sky Conference |date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=March 7, 2018}} He was also selected to the second-team NABC All-District 6. Sanders averaged 19 points per game as a senior and led the Vandals to a second-place finish in the Big Sky Conference. He finished second on the all-time scoring list at Idaho with 1,804 points.{{cite news |title=Former Idaho guard Victor Sanders will play professionally in Belgium |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/aug/06/former-idaho-guard-victor-sanders-will-play-profes/ |access-date=August 8, 2018 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=August 6, 2018}}

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Sanders played two games for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League. Sanders signed his first professional contract with the Belgian squad Antwerp Giants on August 5, 2018.{{cite web |title=Victor Sanders signs with Telenet Giants |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/belgium/284671/victor-sanders-signs-with-telenet-giants.html |website=Sportando |access-date=August 8, 2018}}

On July 2, 2020, he has signed with Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/dolomiti-energia-trento-signs-victor-sanders/|title=Dolomiti Energia Trento signs Victor Sanders|date=July 2, 2020|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 2, 2020|last1=Maggi |first1=Alessandro }} Sanders averaged 9.8 points per game.

On July 15, 2021, he signed with Reyer Venezia.{{cite news |title=Umana Reyer Venezia announces Victor Sanders |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/umana-reyer-venezia-announces-victor-sanders/ |website=Sportando |access-date=July 15, 2021 |date=July 15, 2021|last1=Maggi |first1=Alessandro }} Sanders was cut from the team after driving in the wrong direction on the highway.

On August 2, 2022, he signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Liga Națională.{{cite news |title=Victor Sanders signs with U-BT Cluj-Napoca |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/victor-sanders-signs-with-u-bt-cluj-napoca/ |website=Sportando |access-date=August 2, 2022 |date=August 2, 2022|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}

On January 29, 2023, he signed with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League.{{Cite web|url=https://plk.pl/aktualnosci/n/22968/sanders-dolacza-do-anwilu.html|title=Sanders dołącza do Anwilu|last=|first=|date=January 29, 2023|website=plk.pl|publisher=|language=pl|access-date=January 29, 2023}} Sanders averaged 18.1 points, 4.7 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. On August 19, 2024, he signed a contract with the Russian club Enisey of the VTB United League.{{cite web |title=Enisey tabs Victor Sanders, ex Anwil |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/VTB-United-League/news/887960/Enisey-tabs-Victor-Sanders-ex-Anwil |website=Eurobasket |access-date=December 8, 2024 |date=August 19, 2024}}