He also passed a short period in Germany under negotiation with the Bundesliga Club SC Freiburg, but did not sign because of not having an EU passport.
1. Bundesliga were totally without Brazilian players: VfL Bochum, SC Freiburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Nuremberg.
His made his Bundesliga debut at 28 August 2010 in a game between 1. FC Nuremberg and SC Freiburg.
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In 1992, he signed with Germany's SC Freiburg, being instrumental in the Black Forest side's first ever top flight promotion, netting 16 second division goals (squad best, tenth in the league, as Freiburg scored 102); in the next three Bundesliga seasons, he would only manage to be relatively used.
In 2002, aged 15, he joined SC Freiburg and attended their youth academy while graduating with Mittlere Reife at Max-Weber-Schule in Freiburg.
On 11 July 2009, Digão was handed a one-week trial with newly promoted Bundesliga side SC Freiburg, joining the team in the pre-season training camp in Schruns, Austria and playing 30 minutes in a friendly with Slavia Prague, as a substitute.
In 1991, he followed manager Volker Finke to SC Freiburg, in the second division, and the two would eventually gain legendary status at the Black Forest outfit.
He made his debut two years later and made 32 appearances before SC Freiburg's legendary manager Volker Finke brought him to the Bundesliga.