Otávio Dutra (born 22 November 1983 in

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 1 club

Persija Jakarta Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jakarta ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Jakarta'; abbreviated as Persija), is an Indonesian professional football club based in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta. Persija Jakarta is one of the most suc ...

. Born in Brazil, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

Persipura Jayapura

In October 2012, Dutra officially joined

Persipura Jayapura Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura, or Persipura, is an Indonesian football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2. Persipura used to always use the Mandala Stadium as their hom ...

. At Persipura, he became a formidable defender with Bio Paulin. Not only as a central defender, he also became the most fertile defender to score goals in the

2013 Indonesia Super League The 2013 Indonesia Super League was the fifth season of the Indonesia Super League (ISL), a fully professional football competition as the top tier of the football league pyramid in Indonesia. The season began on 5 January 2013. Sriwijaya were the ...

. Until it succeeded in bringing Persipura to become Champions.

Persegres Gresik United

In December 2013, Dutra signed a one-year contract with

Persegres Gresik United Gresik United Football Club, commonly known as GUFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Gresik, East Java. They currently compete in Liga 2, after promotion from Liga 3. They are considered to be one of the relatively good foo ...

at a cost of Rp 2 billion. He made his debut on 3 February 2014 in a match against

Persik Kediri Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Kediri or Indonesian Football Association of Kediri ''(abbreviated Persik Kediri)'' is an Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Kediri (city), Kediri, East East Java, Java, Indones ...

. On 25 February 2014, Dutra scored his first goal for Gresik United against

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in the 28th minute at the

Petrokimia Stadium Petrokimia Stadium (also known as Tri Dharma Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Gresik Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It has a capacity of 40,000 people

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Bhayangkara

In 2015, Dutra joined Bhayangkara in the

2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League. Persipura won the title on ...

and made his debut against

in the first week. In his debut match, Dutra made his first goal from the penalty kick in a draw 1–1. In the sixth week, he scored one goal against

Persib Bandung Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as Persib Bandung, or simply Persib, is a professional football club based in Bandung, West Java, which competes in Liga 1, the top ...

. The goal was scored in the 64th minute in a home win 4–1.

Persebaya Surabaya

On January 6, 2018, He signed a year contract with

Persebaya Surabaya Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...

for

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. He made his debut in a 1–0 home win against Badak Lampung on 25 March 2018. On December 17, 2018, he renewed contract with Persebaya Surabaya On May 11, 2019, Dutra suffered an injury during Persebaya friendly match against

Persela Lamongan Persatuan Sepakbola Lamongan, or commonly known as Persela, is an Indonesian football club based in Lamongan, East Java. Currently the club plays in Liga 2, the second tier of football in the country. History Although it has been establishe ...

before the

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starts on May 11, 2019. Dutra only played for 37 minutes due to a broken nose after colliding with a Persela's player. As a result, Dutra only rested less than two months. He also had to wear face shields. Dutra returned from a broken nose bone injury that struck him. He made his debut in a 3–2 home win against Persela Lamongan at the

Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium Stadion Gelora Bung Tomo is a multi-purpose stadium in Benowo, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. It is a part of the Surabaya Sports Center. The rest of the sports complex consists of an indoor stadium and a mosque. This stadium is used mostly for ...

on 1 July 2019. he appeared wearing a face mask in the sixth week of the match. He told that he still had problems having to wear a mask throughout the match.

Persija Jakarta

On January 1, 2020, He signed two years contract with Indonesian Liga 1 side

. This season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the

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. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021.

International career

Born in Brazil, he renounced Brazilian citizenship, and become an

n citizen (WNI). He has taken an oath or pledge of allegiance to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) as a condition of naturalization. He made his debut for the

in the

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against

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on 15 October 2019.

Career statistics

Club

International appearances

Honours

Club

;Persebaya Surabaya *

Liga Primer Indonesia Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI, sometimes translated to English as ''Indonesian Premier League'') was an Indonesian independent football league held in 2011. It was managed by Konsorsium Liga Premier Indonesia and PT Liga Primer Indonesia and was n ...

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* Unity Cup: 2011 *

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runner-up: 2011–12 *

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runner-up:

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* Liga 1 runner-up:

;Persipura Jayapura *

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;Bhayangkara * Liga 1:

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;Persija Jakarta * Menpora Cup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutra, Otavio 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Fortaleza Indonesian footballers Indonesia international footballers Brazilian footballers Brazilian emigrants to Indonesia Indonesian people of Brazilian descent Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Ekstraklasa players Indonesian Premier League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube players Pogoń Szczecin players Persipura Jayapura players Bhayangkara F.C. players Persegres Gresik players Gresik United players Persebaya Surabaya players Persija Jakarta players Association football central defenders Indonesian Super League-winning players Naturalised citizens of Indonesia