Digão (footballer, born 1988)

Digão
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Junior Paula Silva[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-07) May 7, 1988[2]
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)[2]
Playing position Centre back[2]
Club information
Current team
Al-Hilal[2]
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20092013 Fluminense[2] 51 (4)
2014 Al-Hilal 65 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:35, 02 July 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Rodrigo Junior Paula Silva (born May 7, 1988 in Duque de Caxias), also called Digão, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Al-Hilal.[1][2]

Club career

Fluminense

Digão played for Fluminense between 2009 and 2013.[3] He made his debut for the club in a draw against Náutico.[3] He started that match and played the whole 90 minutes.[4] In his first season with the club, he featured eight times in league matches but did not score a goal.[3] His first match for the 2010 season was against Ceará.[3] However, Fluminense lost it by a single goal.[5] He played further three times for the club in league, against Atlético Goianiense, Atlético Mineiro and Vitória.[3] He played ten times for the club in the 2011 season, without scoring a goal.[3] During that season, he was ruled out of action for three months for sustaining an injury.[6] On 2 November 2011, he signed a contract extension, keeping him at the club till December 2013.[6]

In the 2012 season, Digão started fourteen matches and played a total of seventeen league matches, scoring two goals.[3] These goals were scored against Figueirense[7] and Grêmio.[3] On the continental level, he played three matches in the Copa Libertadores, which included two matches against Boca Juniors and the third against Arsenal de Sarandi.[3] On 2 June 2013, he scored a brace against Criciúma.[8] In the 2013 season, he played the whole 90 minutes of twelve league matches and also featured four times for the side in Copa Libertadores.[3] On 5 June 2013, he renewed his contract with Fluminense, keeping him at the club till December 2015.[9]

Al-Hilal

In December 2013, Digão signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal for £ 6.5 million, joining former Brazilian teammate Thiago Neves.[10] He made his debut against Al Ahli.[3] In his debut season with the Saudi club, he played eight league matches.[3] In the Asian Champions League, he played fourteen times.[3] His team reached the final but lost 1–0 to Australian club Western Sydney Wanderers in the first leg.[11] In the second leg, the clubs drew as the Australian club was crowned winner.[12]

Club statistics

As of match played on 2 July 2015
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2009[3] Série A 80005[lower-alpha 1]02[lower-alpha 2]0150
2010[3] Série A 40304[lower-alpha 2]0110
2011[3] Série A 100003[lower-alpha 3]03[lower-alpha 2]0160
2012[3] Série A 172003[lower-alpha 3]08[lower-alpha 2]0282
2013[3] Série A 122004[lower-alpha 3]09[lower-alpha 2]0252
Total 51430150260954
Al-Hilal 2013–14[3] Saudi Professional League 802014[lower-alpha 4]02[lower-alpha 5]0260
2014–15[3] Saudi Professional League 231407[lower-alpha 4]04[lower-alpha 5]2383
Total 3116021062643
Career total 825903603221597

Honours

Club

Fluminense
Al-Hilal

References

  1. 1 2 "Futebol - Elenco Profissional" (in Portuguese). Fluminense Football Club. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Digão Facts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. "Nautico vs Fluminense". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. "Ceara vs Fluminense". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Fluminense renova o contrato de zagueiro Digão até dezembro de 2013" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  7. "Figueirense vs Fluminense" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  8. "Fluminense vs Cricuma" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  9. "Digão renova contrato com o Fluminense" (in Portuguese). Netflu. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  10. "Fluminense acerta a venda de Digão para o Al Hilal por R$ 6,5 milhões" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  11. "Western Sydney Wanderers grab 1-0 Asian Champions League final advantage over Al-Hilal in first leg". ABC. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  12. "Wanderers make history with ACL win". Football Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

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