brazilian football player
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Rodrigo Manuel Izecson dos Santos Leite ( bear 14 October 1985 ), known as Digão ( portuguese pronunciation : [ dʒiˈɡɐ̃w ] ), is a brazilian withdraw professional football player who played as a central defender. After signing with A.C. Milan at the age of 19, he spent several years on loans with respective teams, chiefly in Italy .

Club career [edit ]

Born in Brasília, Digão joined A.C. Milan from São Paulo FC in 2004, [ 1 ] loaned by another club in Italy, U.C. Sampdoria, until June of the comply year. [ 2 ] He went on to spend the following two seasons on loanword to Rimini Calcio, where he started appearing as a senior. Returning to Milan in the summer of 2007, Digão made his debut in a friendly peer against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 6 September, in which he received a yellow batting order. His beginning competitive appearance came on 20 December in the 1–2 base defeat to Calcio Catania, for the first base stage of the Coppa Italia ‘s round-of-16 ; he finally made his Serie A debut on 1 March 2008 in a 1–1 home draw against S.S. Lazio, coming on as a half-time ersatz for Marek Jankulovski in his only appearance of the season. [ 3 ] On 13 August 2008, Belgium ‘s Standard Liège secured Digão ‘s services on a annual lend. [ 4 ] He only appeared in a individual Pro League match during his go, playing the last minutes of the 3–1 home acquire over K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot on 5 April 2009, and returned to Milan at the end of the campaign.

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On 11 July 2009, Digão was handed a one-week test with newly promoted Bundesliga golf club SC Freiburg, joining the team in the pre-season train camp in Schruns, Austria and playing 30 minutes in a friendly with Slavia Prague. [ 5 ] On 22 July, however, the Germans decided not to sign the player, presumably because of his lack of playing time in competitive games over the final two seasons. On 31 August 2009, Digão joined U.S. Lecce from Serie B on a season -long loan. however, on 1 February 2010, he was called binding due to lack of play time, and subsequently sent on another loanword spell to F.C. Crotone, until June. [ 6 ] In 2010–11 another lend ensued, with Digão moving to F.C. Penafiel in the Portuguese second division. [ 7 ] He left after appearing in only one one-third of the league ‘s matches, and was besides released by Milan. In September 2012, it was reported that Digão was training with the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. After a week-long trial, he impressed promontory coach Hans Backe with his physical art and ability to play technically out of the backline, and earned a narrow ; [ 8 ] however, on 19 July 2013, he cancelled his link by reciprocal agreement. [ 9 ]

International career [edit ]

In 2008, according to newspaper O Globo, Digão, inactive uncapped for the national team at any level, was one of 74 players who could be called up by coach Dunga for his preliminary 2008 Summer Olympics team. [ 10 ] He finally did not make the concluding tilt.

personal liveliness [edit ]

Digão is the younger brother of brazilian football player Kaká. An attacking midfielder, he besides played for São Paulo and Milan, besides spending several seasons in Spain with Real Madrid. A brazilian international on about 90 occasions, he helped the national team win the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Digão was creditworthy for his sibling ‘s dub : being ineffective to pronounce ‘Ricardo ‘ properly as a child, he used to call his buddy ‘Kaká ‘ alternatively. [ 11 ] Eduardo Delani, a football player who played for several teams, is their double-first cousin. His father is the brother of their father, and his mother the sister of their mother .

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