Rodrigo Longo Freitas (born 13 March 1993), commonly known as Digão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right-back.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Longo Freitas | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2013 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Flamengo | 7 | (0) |
| 2014 | → América-RN (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Volta Redonda | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Portuguesa | 14 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Adanaspor | 63 | (1) |
| 2021 | Bangu | 9 | (0) |
| 2021 | Santa Cruz | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:44, 6 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Digão joined Flamengo's youth setup in 2001, aged only eight. In 2011, after Rafael Galhardo's call-up to Brazil under-20s, he was promoted to the main squad by manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo and acted mainly as a backup to Léo Moura.
Digão made his senior debut on 21 January 2012, in a 4–0 Campeonato Carioca home routing of Bonsucesso.[2] On 18 June of the following year he renewed his contract, signing until the end of 2014.[3]
On 27 June 2014, after being rarely used, Digão was loaned to América-RN until the end of the year.[4] He made no appearances for the side, and was subsequently released by his parent club when his loan expired.
In October 2015 Digão moved to Volta Redonda.[5] On 1 December of that year he joined Portuguesa.[6]
References edit
- ^ Adanaspor, Digao ile sözleşme imzaladı‚ goal.com, 10 June 2016
- ^ Garotada faz bonito, e Fla estreia com goleada sobre o Bonsucesso (Kids do well, and Fla debut with thrashing over Bonsucesso); Globo Esporte, 21 January 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Flamengo renova com lateral-direito Digão até fim de 2014 (Flamengo renew with right-back Digão until the end of 2014); Extra, 18 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Flamengo empresta lateral-direito Digão ao América-RN (Flamengo loan right-back Digão to América-RN); O Estado de S. Paulo, 2 July 2014 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Volta Redonda apresenta três reforços para sequencia da Copa Rio (Volta Redonda present three additions to the remaining of Copa Rio); FFERJ, 6 October 2015 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Portuguesa anuncia o lateral-direito Digão, revelado pelo Flamengo (Portuguesa announce right-back Digão, graduated at Flamengo); Globo Esporte, 3 December 2015 (in Portuguese)
External links edit
- Digão at Soccerway