Digão (footballer, born 1993) explained

Digão
Full Name:Rodrigo Longo Freitas
Birth Date:13 March 1993
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height:1.77 m
Position:Right-back
Youthyears1:2001–2013
Youthclubs1:Flamengo
Years1:2012–2014
Caps1:7
Goals1:0
Years2:2014
Clubs2:América-RN (loan)
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:2015
Caps3:1
Goals3:0
Years4:2016
Caps4:14
Goals4:0
Years5:2016–2019
Caps5:63
Goals5:1
Years6:2021
Caps6:9
Goals6:0
Years7:2021
Caps7:4
Goals7:0
Club-Update:21:44, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Rodrigo Longo Freitas (born 13 March 1993), commonly known as Digão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right-back.[1]

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.goal.com/tr/news/453/transfer-dosyası/2016/06/10/24480202/adanaspor-digao-ile-sözleşme-imzaladı Adanaspor, Digao ile sözleşme imzaladı
  2. http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/carioca-2012/21-01-2012/flamengo-bonsucesso.html Garotada faz bonito, e Fla estreia com goleada sobre o Bonsucesso (Kids do well, and Fla debut with thrashing over Bonsucesso)
  3. http://extra.globo.com/esporte/flamengo-renova-com-lateral-direito-digao-ate-fim-de-2014-8729075.html Flamengo renova com lateral-direito Digão até fim de 2014 (Flamengo renew with right-back Digão until the end of 2014)
  4. http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,flamengo-empresta-lateral-direito-digao-ao-america-rn,1522471 Flamengo empresta lateral-direito Digão ao América-RN (Flamengo loan right-back Digão to América-RN)
  5. http://fferj.com.br/noticias/View/11004 Volta Redonda apresenta três reforços para sequencia da Copa Rio (Volta Redonda present three additions to the remaining of Copa Rio)
  6. http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/portuguesa/noticia/2015/12/portuguesa-anuncia-o-lateral-direito-digao-revelado-pelo-flamengo.html Portuguesa anuncia o lateral-direito Digão, revelado pelo Flamengo (Portuguesa announce right-back Digão, graduated at Flamengo)