Octávio

Octávio Merlo Manteca (born 29 December 1993), simply known as Octávio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian club Beroe Stara Zagora as a midfielder.

Octávio
Personal information
Full name Octávio Merlo Manteca
Date of birth (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Beroe
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Botafogo 22 (1)
2014 → ABC (loan) 3 (0)
2014–2015 → Fiorentina (loan) 0 (0)
2016 → Tupi (loan) 12 (2)
2017 → Volta Redonda (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 Beerschot 25 (1)
2019 Perilima ? (?)
2020– Beroe 26 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2020

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Octávio kicked off his career with Botafogo and made his debut in 2013.[1] In the following season, though he started a match against Resende, he failed to make an impact.[2]

He was loaned out to ABC in 2014 till the end of the year.[3] At the end of the season he returned to his parent club, scoring 4 goals in total 9 appearances for the club.[4]

Italian club Fiorentina took the Brazilian footballer on loan for the 2014–15 season.[5]

He returned to Botafogo side for the Campeonato Brasileiro - Série B. After, he renewed his contract until 2017.

In June 2016, he was loaned out to Tupi Football Club, from Minas Gerais until the end of the season.

Octávio signed a 2-year during contract for Belgian side Beerschot-Wilrijk in the summer of 2017. He left the club in August 2018, and in January 2019, he joined Perilima.[6] Octávio joined Bulgarian club Beroe on 30 January 2020.[7]

References
  1. "Revelação do Botafogo, Octávio comemora chance no time principal". Esporte. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. "Resende vs Botafogo". Globeesporte. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. "10/03/2014 14h21 - Atualizado em 10/03/2014 14h25 Meia Octávio, ex-Botafogo, se apresenta ao ABC e já pode estrear". Globe esporte. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. "Octávio está fora do ABC". Ttibunadonorte. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  5. "Botafogo empresta meia Octávio para a Fiorentina por uma temporada". Globe esporte. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  6. Octávio at Soccerway
  7. "Берое взе минал през Фиорентина, отказа се от Косоко". topsport.bg. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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