Milivoje Vitakić (; born 16 May 1977) is a
Serbia
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n former
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Club career
Vitakić started out at his hometown club
Borac Čačak
Borac may refer to:
* FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club
** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club
* FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čačak ...
, making his senior debut in 1995. He was acquired by
Čukarički in 1997. In the summer of 1998, Vitakić was transferred to
Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...
. He spent the following six seasons with the ''Crveno-beli'', winning three domestic league titles (
2000
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,
2001
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and
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
) and four national cups (
1999
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,
2000
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,
2002
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and
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
). In the summer of 2004, Vitakić moved abroad to France and signed with
Lille
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. He stayed there for three years, before switching to fellow French club
Grenoble
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, commune status = Prefecture and commune
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, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
.
International career
At international level, Vitakić was capped twice for
Serbia and Montenegro
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, making both appearances under manager
Ilija Petković
Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager.
Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in ...
in 2004.
Honours
;Red Star Belgrade
*
First League of Serbia and Montenegro
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:
1999–2000,
2000–01,
2003–04
*
Serbia and Montenegro Cup
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:
1998–99,
1999–2000,
2001–02,
2003–04
Notes
References
External links
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Association football defenders
Expatriate footballers in France
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
FK Borac Čačak players
FK Čukarički players
Grenoble Foot 38 players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Lille OSC players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in France
Serbia and Montenegro footballers
Serbia and Montenegro international footballers
Serbia and Montenegro under-21 international footballers
Serbian expatriate footballers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in France
Serbian footballers
Sportspeople from Čačak
1977 births
Living people