Digão (footballer, born 1988)

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Digão
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Junior Paula Silva[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-07) May 7, 1988 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil[2]
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Position(s) Centre back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Al-Hilal[2]
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Fluminense[2] 51 (4)
2014– Al-Hilal 65 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:35, 02 July 2015 (UTC)

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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fluminense 2009[3] Série A 8 0 0 0 5[lower-alpha 1] 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 15 0
2010[3] Série A 4 0 3 0 — 4[lower-alpha 2] 0 11 0
2011[3] Série A 10 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 3[lower-alpha 2] 0 16 0
2012[3] Série A 17 2 0 0 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 8[lower-alpha 2] 0 28 2
2013[3] Série A 12 2 0 0 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 9[lower-alpha 2] 0 25 2
Total 51 4 3 0 15 0 26 0 95 4
Al-Hilal 2013–14[3] Saudi Professional League 8 0 2 0 14[lower-alpha 4] 0 2[lower-alpha 5] 0 26 0
2014–15[3] Saudi Professional League 23 1 4 0 7[lower-alpha 4] 0 4[lower-alpha 5] 2 38 3
Total 31 1 6 0 21 0 6 2 64 3
Career total 82 5 9 0 36 0 32 2 159 7
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in AFC Champions League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearances in Saudi Champions Cup

Honours

Club

Fluminense
Al-Hilal

References

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