| Digão | |
| Fullname: | Rodrigo Junior Paula Silva[1] |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Duque de Caxias, Brazil |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Clubs1: | Fluminense[2] |
| Years1: | 2009–2013 |
| Caps1: | 92 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Clubs2: | Al-Hilal |
| Years2: | 2014–2016 |
| Caps2: | 45 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Al-Sharjah |
| Caps3: | 26 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Cruzeiro |
| Caps4: | 15 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Fluminense (loan) |
| Caps5: | 64 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2020 |
| Clubs6: | Fluminense |
| Caps6: | 22 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs7: | Buriram United |
| Caps7: | 11 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 6 May 2022 |
Rodrigo Junior Paula Silva (born 7 May 1988, in Duque de Caxias), also called Digão, is a Brazilian footballer.
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]
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]
In July 2017, Digão was signed by Brazilian giants Cruzeiro, once again joining his former teammate Thiago Neves, who played a part in the negotiations, along with former teammates Dedé and Rafael Sóbis, who were also part of Cruzeiro's squad. Digão signed a three-year deal with the Brazilian team. This marked the defense-man return to the Brazilian Serie A after over four years playing for Middle Eastern clubs.
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2009 | Série A | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2012 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | |||||
| 2013 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | — | 95 | 4 | |||||
| Al-Hilal | 2013–14 | Saudi Pro League | 8 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 4 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 14 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 88 | 4 | |||||
| Sharjah | 2016–17 | UAE Pro League | 19 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | Série A | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Fluminense (loan) | 2018 | Série A | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | 32 | 3 | |||||
| 2019 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | — | 64 | 5 | |||||
| Fluminense | 2020 | Série A | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Thai League 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 11 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 191 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 334 | 20 | |||
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