Otávio: Early Life, Clubs, Family, Net Worth, Career & Stats

Otávio Edmilson da Silva Monteiro who is popularly known as Otávio is an attacking midfielder representing Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League for the 2023/24 season. He traditionally belongs from Brazil and has a total market value of Rs 280 Crore. He is managed by his agent Livesoccer. He debuted with the Internacional and became the champion of three Primeira Liga titles.

Otávio is known for his great dribbling and dodging skills and has the ability to turn the tide of the game, in his team’s favor at any phase of the game. Otávio belongs to a middle-class family. His father used to drive a van and transport goods in order to feed his family. He was the 4th child among all the 4 children born to his parents. At the club level, Otávio has represented several popular clubs such as Internacional, Porto, and Al Nassr.

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Early Life

Otávio was born in João Pessoa, located in Brazil on February 9, 1995. His father was a van driver who supplied goods from one place to another. Later his father also became a popular taxi driver in Brazil. His father at times left his work and traveled for more than 2 hours to drop his son to the training ground.

Otávio began his football career with the Internacionales which was the youth club of his city. He was transferred to Vitória de Guimarães in 2016, where he won Primeira Liga titles thrice, Taça de Portugal twice and Supertaças Cândido de Oliveira titles twice. At the national level, Otávio represented Brazil during the year 2014, at the U-19 level. However, later on, he switched to Portugal and played in its senior leagues in the coming years.

CLUB

During the initial stages of his career, Otávio represented Internacionale at the age of 17. He also joined the Porto Alegre club at the age of 15, thereafter he began his outstanding performance under the Internacionale.

INTERNAZIONALE

While playing under Internacionale, Otávio made his Serie A debut in the match played against Santos, where his team played a tie with a scoreline of 0-0. He scored his first goal in the year 2013 while playing against Cruzeiro, which helped his team to play a draw with a scoreline of 2-2. In his 55 appearances for the club, he scored a total of 6 goals.

PORTO

Otávio was transferred to Porto in the year 2014, and he further signed a contract of €5 million and competed in the Segunda League. Later he was transferred to Victoria SC in the Primeira Liga. Here he made his debut against Belenenses. He scored his first goal against Académica de Coimbra where his team won with a scoreline of 4-2.

He won his first tournament during the second season, where he scored 2 goals in the 15 appearances he made. During the 2019-20 season, he made his team, win another tournament, where he scored 2 goals in the 48 appearances he made.

AL NASSR

Finally, Otávio was transferred at a record-breaking cost of €60 million, on 22 August 2023 and made him the most expensive sale ever made by Porto in its history. At the same time, he became the most expensive player ever bought in the history of Saudi Pro League.

Till now, in the 7 appearances which he made for the Al Nassr, he has scored 2 goals.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER

Immediately after making his debut for Internacional, Otávio was selected for the Under 20 team of Brazil, which was led by Alexandra Gallo. Otávio scored a total of 1 goal in the 4 appearances which he made on behalf of Brazil.

Later in 2021, Otávio took Portuguese citizenship and in the very next year, he was selected for the national team of Portugal for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Under it, he got an opportunity to play against the qualifiers between the Republic of Ireland and Azerbaijan, along with a friendly match which was played with Qatar.

In the match against Qatar, he scored his first goal and made his team win with a scoreline of 3-1. Again, in the match against Turkey, he scored his second goal for the team and made his team qualify for the Quarterfinals of World Cup Qualification playoffs. Overall, he scored 3 goals in the 17 appearances which he made for Portugal.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2012-13, 2013-14

2. Porto

• Primeira Liga: champion in the seasons – 2017–18, 2019–20, and 2021–22
• Taça de Portugal: champion in the seasons – 2019–20, 2021–22, and 2022–23
• Taça da Liga: champion in the season – 2022–23
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: champion in the seasons – 2018, and 2020

3. Individual

• Primeira Liga Player of the Season – 2022-23
• Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2019–20, 2021–22, and 2022–23
• SJPF Player of the Month: July 2020

FAMILY

His father’s name was Otavio Monteiro Senior, he was a van driver by profession. His mother’s name was Claudia Valéria Mendes da Silva who was a housewife and a great cook who ensured an appropriate diet for Otávio while he played. On the other hand, his father always ensured that Otávio never missed his practices and hence he used to drop him to the training ground every day before going out for his work.

PARTNER

Otávio married her long-time girlfriend Diandra Machado and also has two children named Theo and Ayla. He also has a daughter with one of his ex-girlfriends, and he named her daughter Alice.

HOUSE

Otávio purchased his first house at Shopping Iguatemi, in São Paulo, Brazil. It’s a multistorey apartment with marvelous facilities.

NET WORTH

The current net worth of Otávio ranges from 280-300 Cr Rupees as estimated for the year 2023.