Octávio Merlo Manteca (born 29 December 1993), simply known as Octávio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian club CSKA 1948 as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Octávio kicked off his career with

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...

and made his debut in

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. In the following season, though he started a match against Resende, he failed to make an impact. He was loaned out to

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in 2014 till the end of the year. At the end of the season he returned to his parent club, scoring 4 goals in total 9 appearances for the club. Italian club

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

took the Brazilian footballer on loan for the 2014–15 season. 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 Tupi Football Club, commonly referred to as Tupi, is a Brazilian professional club based in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais founded on 26 May 1912. It competes in the Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II, the second tier of the Minas Gerais state football ...

, from

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

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. Octávio moved to

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n club Beroe on 30 January 2020. After parting ways with Beroe in May 2021, Octávio remained in Bulgaria, signing a one-year contract with newly promoted

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

in August 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Octavio 1993 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players ABC Futebol Clube players ACF Fiorentina players Tupi Football Club players K Beerschot VA players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Association football midfielders