Milan Ćalasan Explained

Milan Ćalasan
Birth Date:29 October 1954
Birth Place:Maribor, FPR Yugoslavia
Height:1.85 m[1]
Position:Forward
Years1:1973–1974
Clubs1:Maribor
Years2:1974–1975
Years3:1975–1977
Clubs3:Red Star Belgrade
Caps3:3
Goals3:0
Years4:1977–1979
Caps4:60
Goals4:16
Years5:1979–1982
Clubs5:Dinamo Zagreb
Caps5:27
Goals5:5
Years6:1982–1983
Clubs6:Liège
Caps6:16
Goals6:5
Years7:1983–1984
Clubs7:Rot-Weiss Essen
Caps7:11
Goals7:1
Years8:1984–1985
Clubs8:Béziers
Caps8:33
Goals8:20
Years9:1985–1987
Clubs9:Orléans
Caps9:64
Goals9:38
Years10:1987–1988
Clubs10:Guingamp
Caps10:30
Goals10:17
Years11:1988–1989
Clubs11:Guegnon

Milan Ćalasan (born 29 October 1954) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward.[2] He works as a sports agent.

Career

Ćalasan played for Red Star Belgrade, Olimpija Ljubljana and Dinamo Zagreb in the 1970s and 1980s before moving abroad and spending several seasons with Liège in Belgium and Rot-Weiss Essen in Germany.[3]

After retiring from football, Ćalasan became a sports agent.

From 1990 to 2001 he was the sports director of two Japanese football clubs, Nagoya Grampus Eight and Gamba Osaka. He was the first agent who brought European players and coaches such as Arsène Wenger 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, Virgin Islands-based Camira Creek Corporation, acted as middleman between the Serbia and Montenegro 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 defense minister Prvoslav Davinić and president Svetozar Marović.[4]

Davinić eventually signed off on the contract for the rental services of the EROS satellite for 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 justice and defence ministries.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calasan, Milan . German . kicker.de . 28 September 2013.
  2. http://www.redstarbelgrade.info/statistika/istorija/prva-savezna-liga/player/234.html Milan Ćalasan
  3. Web site: Milan Calasan. Worldfootball.net. 6 July 2010.
  4. Web site: Nikčević "vidovitiji" od Marovića i Davinića . Serbian . Politika . 30 May 2010 . 28 September 2013.
  5. Web site: Fudbalski menadžer u aferi Satelit. 28 May 2010. Vesti online. Serbian. 6 July 2010.