{"id":96392,"date":"2025-12-26T16:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/96392\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T16:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:46:07","slug":"orlando-city-sign-brazilian-teenager-luis-otavio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/96392\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando City sign Brazilian teenager Luis Otavio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 26 &#8211; Orlando City acquired midfielder Luis Otavio from Brazilian Serie A side Internacional on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old Brazilian is under contract through 2027-28 with an option for 2028-29.<\/p>\n<p>He will occupy a U22 Initiative roster slot in Orlando after making 28 first-team appearances for Internacional.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Luis is an exciting young talent that we&#8217;re proud to bring to Orlando,&#8221; said general manager and sporting director Ricardo Moreira. &#8220;At just 18 years old, he&#8217;s already shown he can compete at a high level in Brazil&#8217;s top division, and we believe his defensive qualities and composure will translate well to MLS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Signing him as part of the U22 Initiative gives us the opportunity to invest in his development while strengthening our midfield for the future. Luis is a player for the future of Orlando City.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Otavio joins a South American midfield group that includes Colombia&#8217;s Eduard Atuesta and Peru&#8217;s Wilder Cartagena.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__element__5eCce article-body-module__trust-badge__5mS3f\">Our Standards: <a data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com\/en\/about-us\/trust-principles.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__medium__2Rl30 text-module__small__sph8i link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC link-module__with-icon__qlg76\">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersagency.com\/en\/licensereuterscontent\/?utm_medium=rcom-article-media&amp;utm_campaign=rcom-rcp-lead\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"button-module__link__A3sD0 button-module__secondary__70gBu button-module__round__QDFgq button-module__w_auto__Sem-F\" data-testid=\"LicenceContentButton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Purchase Licensing Rights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 26 &#8211; Orlando City acquired midfielder Luis Otavio from Brazilian Serie A side Internacional on Friday. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[26735,139,141,140,13038,13039,13040],"class_list":{"0":"post-96392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-destousspm","9":"tag-orlando","10":"tag-orlando-headlines","11":"tag-orlando-news","12":"tag-soc","13":"tag-socc","14":"tag-spo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}