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When he was playing for Red Star Belgrade, Vidic committed the heinous crime of doing a fashion photo-shoot with Sasa Ilic, captain of rival club Partizan. The Red Star hard core destroyed his car with baseball bats.
Vidic, who was also part of a squad attacked by a gang of masked fans armed with clubs and knives, has since moved on to become the best defender in the emerging Russian league with Spartak Moscow, but his formative training in Belgrade has made him an understandably tough customer.
At 24-years-old, Vidic has established himself in the Serb defence, a brutal stopper who is powerful in the air. Ilija Petkovic's side conceded just one goal in qualifying as they finished above Spain.
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