Digão

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Digão
Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Date of birth	October 14, 1985 (1985-10-14) (age 22)
Place of birth	Brasília, Brazil
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	A.C. Milan
Number	31
Youth clubs
2003–2004 2004–2005	São Paulo FC A.C. Milan
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2007 2007–	→ Rimini (loan) A.C. Milan	23 (1) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:37, 14 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Rodrigo Izecson dos Santos Leite, known simply as Digão, (born 14 October 1985 in Brasília) is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan after spending two seasons on loan to Rimini. He is the younger brother of Milan star Kaká, and was responsible for Kaká's nickname, being unable to pronouce 'Ricardo' and thus calling him Kaká instead.

Digão made his Milan debut in a friendly against Dynamo Kyiv on 6 September 2007, in which he received a yellow card. His only other appearance was in a 1–2 Coppa Italia loss to Calcio Catania on December 20. He made his first Serie A appearance in a match against SS Lazio on March 1, 2008 as a second half substitute for Marek Jankulovski. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

[edit] External links

• Profile at acmilan.com

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