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
midfielder.
Club career
Born in
Rio de Janeiro, Octávio kicked off his career with
Botafogo and made his debut in
2013
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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
ABC
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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 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 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
Bulgarian 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
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Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...
in August 2021.
References
External links
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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
