Octávio

Octávio
Personal information
Full nameOctávio Merlo Manteca
Date of birth29 December 1993
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Fiorentina
(on loan from Botafogo)
Number93
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–Botafogo11(1)
2014→ ABC (loan)3(0)
2014–Fiorentina (loan)0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:55, 24 July 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Octávio Merlo Manteca (born 29 December 1993), simply known as Octávio is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Fiorentina in Italy 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 this Brazilian footballer on loan for the 2014–15 season.[5]

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