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The son of a Manchester United great has put pen to paper on his first professional contract in football.
The 17-year-old has signed for Serbian outfit Zeljeznicar Pancevo as he seeks to follow in his dad’s footsteps.
His name is Luka Vidic, the eldest son of former Red Devils centre-back Nemanja.
Nemanja Vidic spent nine seasons at Old Trafford, where he won 15 trophies and served as club captain.
His son has joined the Serbian top-flight club from second tier Vozdovac, where he had been playing for the U19 side.
Nemanja Vidic’s son Luka (right) has signed his first professional contract in football
Nemanja Vidic with manager Sir Alex Ferguson after winning the Premier League title in 2013
In all he played 31 youth level matches for his former club, finding the net on one occasion.
He now hopes to make his senior debut with Zeljeznicar, where he has been given a first team squad number.
Zeleznicar have had an incredible rise from the fourth tier over the past decade with three promotions on their way to Serbian SuperLiga.
They currently sit fifth in the table after seven matches, just three points adrift from the top.
Nemanja Vidic made 300 appearances for United, scoring 21 goals in the process.
Serbian defender Vidic (right) captained United for four years between 2010 and 2014
He lifted the Premier League five times and the Champions League in 2008, as well as three League Cups and the Club World Cup.
He is one of only four players to win the Premier League Player of the Season award twice, made even more impressive by the fact he was a defender.
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