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2016 (Senior): Appeared in 15 games, making six starts … Totaled 10 points (6g, 2a) and one game-winner … He scored his first goal at No. 5 Charlotte with two seconds left in regulation time to tie the match and take it to overtime in a 2-1 loss (9/24) … He scored the winning-goal with 14 seconds left in double overtime during a 2-1 win at Marshall (10/15) … During the 4-1 win at Old Dominion, Betancur scored the third goal of the match for the Panthers in the 75^th minute and then assisted Jamar Campion-Hinds in the final goal six minutes later … He also assisted Joris Ahlinvi in scoring the game-winning goal during the 2-1 win over UAB (11/9) in the Conference USA Tournament quarterfinals … He totaled 615 minutes on the year … He was named to the C-USA All-Conference Second Team.

2015 (Junior): Made 16 appearances, starting in 12 games…Led the team with 19 points for the season, scoring nine goals and a single assist…Registered 26 shots, 14 SOG, and earned a .346 shot percentage and a .538 SOG percentage…Scored back-to-back game-winning goals, and totaled four winners for the season…In his first appearance of the season, he scored the game-winner against Fairfield (9/3) during his 32 minutes of game action…Scored a season-high three goals during a 7-2 win at Florida Atlantic (9/21)…Early in the season, he was named C-USA Offensive Player of the week (9/28) after notching the program’s first hat trick since 2005…Received All-C-USA second-team recognition, as well as All-Southeast Region Team recognition…Logged a total of 998 minutes.

2014 (Sophomore): Appeared in 11 games, making three starts…Recorded 22 minutes or more in his four contests off the bench…Registered a season-high 73 minutes off the bench against No. 25 San Diego State (9/19) while tallying three shots, one of which was on goal…Recorded season-highs in shots (5) and shots on goal (4) in 32 minutes of action against UAB (9/27).

2013 (Freshman): Saw 468 minutes of action during his freshman campaign…Played in 17 games, making four starts…Scored three goals and added an assist to accumulate seven points on the season…Was tied for third on the team in goals and was fifth on the squad in points…Scored his first career goal in a 5-3 victory at San Diego State (9/1)…Scored goals in back-to-back games at Princeton (9/27) and at Penn (9/29)…Notched first career assist in a 4-0 win over Marshall (10/6)…Played a career-high 68 minutes at FAU (9/14).

Prior to FIU: Played at American Heritage (Plantation) from 2009-12 before transferring to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School from 2012-13…2011-12 High School 3A Player of the Year…2012 Florida Dairy Farmers State Player of the Year…2011 ESPNHS top forward watch list…Went 28-3-3 at American Heritage…2012 Class 3A State Champions…Scored 35 goals and had 17 assists in 2012 and 59 career goals…Played for Head Coach Victor Pastora at Weston FC and placed second in the east conference with a 10-2-3 record…Was also the 2011 Florida State Champion at Weston FC and the 2010 MUPC Manchester United Premier Championship finalist…Played in the U20 World Cup Qualifiers in 2012 for Puerto Rico…ODP state team from 2008-11 and ODP Region III from 2010-11.

Personal: Born on March 30, 1995 in Parkland, Fla…Son of Luis A. Betancur and Lizeth Teruel…Has three younger brothers, Sebastian, Cristian and Matthew…Plans on majoring in Sports Medicine at FIU…Was also recruited by Clemson, Charlotte and Florida Gulf Coast ...Played alongside teammate Darren Rios and former teammate Patrick Lopez over the summer in the historic international friendly for Puerto Rico against the U.S. Men’s National Team, and scored the historic lone goal for Puerto Rico against the United States.