My Take
Otávio is the kind of player who makes you do a double-take at the squad sheet — full name Otávio Edmilson da Silva Monteiro, born in João Pessoa in Brazil's sun-baked northeast, who quietly made his way to Porto as a teenager and turned into one of their most dependable midfield engines for the better part of a decade. I love that arc: free agent signing, two years on loan at Guimarães, then comes back and basically becomes a Porto fixture. He's not the flashiest guy in the room, but as an attacking midfielder he has this low-center-of-gravity dribbling style that's genuinely difficult to dispossess, and his work rate going both ways is the kind of thing coaches write love letters about. The move to the Saudi Pro League with Al-Qadsiah is a new chapter, and honestly at 29 he still has plenty of football left in those legs.
Overview
Otávio Edmilson da Silva Monteiro (born 9 February 1995), commonly known as Otávio or Otavinho, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah. Born and raised in Brazil, he signed with Portuguese Primeira Liga side Porto in 2014 as a free agent. He was immediately sent two-year loan deal to Vitória de Guimarães, before returning in 2016.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Otávio
- Name (Japanese)
- オタヴィオ・エジミウソン・ダ・シウヴァ・モンテイロ
- Reading
- おたゔぃお・えじみうそん・だ・しうゔぁ・もんていろ
- Born
- February 9, 1995 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Boar
- Origin
- João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 171 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/otaviomonteiroo/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.