Digão

Rodrigo Izecson dos Santos Leite, known simply as Digão, (born 14 October 1985 in Brasília) is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Belgian Jupiler League side Standard de Liège, on loan from Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan. Digão earlier spend 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.

On August 13, 2008, Standard de Liège announced on their official website that Digao will join the Belgium champions on a one year-loan deal.

External links

• Profile at acmilan.com