Milan Ćalasan (born 29 October 1954) is a Slovenian former professional

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who played as a forward. He works as a sports agent.

Career

Ćalasan played for

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, Olimpija Ljubljana and

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in the 1970s and 1980s before moving abroad and spending several seasons with

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in Belgium and

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in Germany. After retiring from football, Ćalasan became a

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. From 1990 to 2001 he was the sports director of two Japanese football clubs,

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and

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. He was the first agent who brought European players and coaches such as

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and Frederic Antonetti in Japan.

Other activities

In May 2010, Ćalasan was mentioned in the Serbian media in connection to the controversial 2005 satellite rental contract in which another one of his companies,

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-based Camira Creek Corporation, acted as middleman between the

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state union and Israeli company Image Sat International. Ćalasan had reportedly been involved in the negotiations between the two parties since the fall of 2004 at which time Serbia and Montenegro was represented by its

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Prvoslav Davinić and president

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. Davinić eventually signed off on the contract for the rental services of the

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satellite for

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45 million. According to allegations, the deal had not been authorized by the Serbian state authorities and the entire affair came under investigation conducted by the Serbian

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and

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ministries.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calasan, Milan 1954 births Living people Footballers from Maribor Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers NK Maribor players FK Budućnost Podgorica players Red Star Belgrade footballers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players RFC Liège players Rot-Weiss Essen players AS Béziers Hérault (football) players US Orléans players En Avant Guingamp players FC Gueugnon players Yugoslav First League players Belgian Pro League players 2. Bundesliga players Ligue 2 players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Association football agents Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Japan