Milan Vilotić ( sr-cyrl, Милан Вилотић; born 21 October 1986) is a Serbian former professional

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er who played as

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Club career

Čukarički

Born in

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, Vilotić first played professional football with Čukarički from the age of 18. He played over 80 matches for Čukarički from 2004, debuting with one of the best generation of Čukarički players which included

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Red Star Belgrade

In summer 2009 he transferred to Red Star Belgrade. In 2010, however, he was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening condition and missed half of the 2010–11 season. After the second half of the season, Vilotić was showing promising potential and was promoted to captain of Red Star for a brief period in the 2011 summer off-season. However, at the half-time of a friendly match with

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, Red Star coach Robert Prosinečki got upset at Vilotić and said in a subsequent conference that he was demoted from being Red Star's captain. By late November 2011, he was also openly accused in the media by his teammate Cristian Borja of creating a bad atmosphere in the squad with the intention of sabotaging the foreign players that were playing in Red Star at the time.

Grasshoppers

In July 2012, Vilotić signed with

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on a bosman move. He quickly became the team's most reliable centre-back and scored a penalty after over-time in the 2013 Schweizer Cup Final.

Young Boys

On 31 January 2014, Vilotić moved to the league rivals

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, ending a two-year playing spell with Grasshopper.

International career

Milan was part of the

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Serbian squad and has played for the Serbia national under-21 football team. In April 2010 national team coach

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selected him in Serbia squad for a friendly match against

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in Osaka, but Vilotić failed to debut due to stomach problems. In May 2011, he received another call up and played his first game in a Serbia jersey against

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. In November 2013 Vilotić showed interest in playing for Montenegro on international level.
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Illness

In August 2010, after a medical screening he has been diagnosed with a malignant tumor on right scapula that had threatened to end his playing career. After a surgical intervention in Bologna, and a period of recovery, during which he had the undivided support of the public in Serbia, in January 2011 doctors confirmed that he could play professional football again.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Red Star * Serbian Cup (2): 2009–10, 2011–12 Grasshoppers *

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Individual

* Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2009–10 (with Red Star)

Club career

Čukarički

Red Star Belgrade

Grasshoppers

Young Boys

International career

Illness

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Individual

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