Octávio


Octávio Merlo Manteca, simply known as Octávio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian club Beroe Stara Zagora as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Octávio kicked off his career with Botafogo and made his debut in 2013. In the following season, though he started a match against Resende, he failed to make an impact.
He was loaned out to ABC 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, 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 joined Bulgarian club Beroe on 30 January 2020.