Octávio

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| name = Octávio

| fullname = Octávio Merlo Manteca

| image =Oktavio.jpg

| caption = Octávio with Lokomotiv Sofia in 2021

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Lokomotiv Sofia

| clubnumber = 58

| years1 = 2013–2017 | clubs1 = Botafogo | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = → ABC (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = → Fiorentina (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = → Tupi (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = → Volta Redonda (loan) | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2017–2018 | clubs6 = Beerschot | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = Perilima | caps7 = ? | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = Beroe | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2021–2022 | clubs9 = Lokomotiv Sofia | caps9 = 28 | goals9 = 9

| years10= 2022–2025 | clubs10= CSKA 1948 | caps10= 47 | goals10= 0

| years11= 2022–2025 | clubs11= CSKA 1948 II | caps11= 3 | goals11= 0

| years12= 2023–2024 | clubs12= → Sumgayit (loan) | caps12= 26 | goals12= 0

| years13= 2025– | clubs13= Lokomotiv Sofia | caps13= 1 | goals13= 1

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| pcupdate = 11 February 2025

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Octávio Merlo Manteca (born 29 December 1993), simply known as Octávio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Sofia as a midfielder.{{Soccerway|octavio-merlo-manteca/294389}}

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Octávio kicked off his career with Botafogo and made his debut in 2013.{{cite web|title=Revelação do Botafogo, Octávio comemora chance no time principal|url=http://esporte.ig.com.br/futebol/2013-05-01/revelacao-do-botafogo-octavio-comemora-chance-no-time-principal.html|publisher=Esporte|accessdate=24 July 2014}} In the following season, though he started a match against Resende, he failed to make an impact.{{cite web|title=Resende vs Botafogo|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/carioca-2014/18-01-2014/resende-botafogo.html|publisher=Globeesporte|accessdate=24 July 2014}}

He was loaned out to ABC in 2014 till the end of the year.{{cite web|title=10/03/2014 14h21 - Atualizado em 10/03/2014 14h25 Meia Octávio, ex-Botafogo, se apresenta ao ABC e já pode estrear|date=10 March 2014 |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/rn/noticia/2014/03/meia-octavio-ex-botafogo-se-apresenta-ao-abc-e-ja-pode-estrear.html|publisher=Globe esporte|accessdate=24 July 2014}} At the end of the season he returned to his parent club, scoring 4 goals in total 9 appearances for the club.{{cite web|title=Octávio está fora do ABC|url=http://blog.tribunadonorte.com.br/marcoslopes/105024|publisher=Ttibunadonorte|accessdate=24 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702075800/http://blog.tribunadonorte.com.br/marcoslopes/105024|archive-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead}}

Italian club Fiorentina took the Brazilian footballer on loan for the 2014–15 season.{{cite web|title=Botafogo empresta meia Octávio para a Fiorentina por uma temporada|date=4 July 2014 |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/2014/07/botafogo-empresta-meia-octavio-para-fiorentina-por-uma-temporada.html|publisher=Globe esporte|accessdate=24 July 2014}}

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.{{Soccerway|octavio-merlo-manteca/294389}} Octávio moved to Bulgarian club Beroe on 30 January 2020.{{cite web|title=Берое взе минал през Фиорентина, отказа се от Косоко|url=https://topsport.bg/beroe/beroe-vze-minal-prez-fiorentina-otkaza-se-ot-kosoko.html|publisher=topsport.bg|date=30 January 2020|accessdate=29 June 2020}} After parting ways with Beroe in May 2021,{{cite web |title=Потвърди се новина на БЛИЦ, халф напусна Берое |url=https://blitz.bg/sport/bg-futbol/potvrdi-se-novina-na-blits-khalf-napusna-beroe_474915.html |author=| publisher=blitz.bg |language=Bulgarian |access-date=7 December 2021 |date=12 May 2021}} Octávio remained in Bulgaria, signing a one-year contract with newly promoted Lokomotiv Sofia in August 2021.{{cite web |title="Локо" (София) реши за Стойчо Атанасов, обяви Октавио |url=https://trud.bg/loko-sofiya-reshi-za-stoicho-atanasov-obyavi-oktavio/ |author=| publisher=trud.bg |language=Bulgarian |access-date=7 December 2021 |date=3 August 2021}}