Octávio

Octávio

Personal information
Full name	Octávio Merlo Manteca
Date of birth	29 December 1993
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Tupi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Botafogo	32	(1)
2014	→ ABC (loan)	6	(0)
2014–2015	→ Fiorentina (loan)	0	(0)
2016–	→ Tupi (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:55, 24 July 2014 (UTC).

Octávio Merlo Manteca (born in Rio de Janeiro, 29 December 1993), simply known as Octávio is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Tupi as a midfielder.

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.

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. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
5. "Botafogo empresta meia Octávio para a Fiorentina por uma temporada". Globe esporte. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

External links

• Octávio profile at Soccerway