Player has left the club after hooligans threatened him in changing room.
A player with Serbian top flight club, Novi Pazar, has demanded a transfer after he was threatened by the club’s’s own supporters at gunpoint.
The players organisation FIFPro said that the attack came after Novi Pazar’s Zarko Udovicic skied his spot-kick in last Saturday’s game against FK Rad.
Two days later, several hooligans burst into the dressing-room at the club’s training ground, pointed a gun at Udovicic’s face, FIFPro said.
However, Udovicic has had enough and has told Novi Pazar officials he wants to quit the club.
Mirko Poledica, president of the Serbian professional footballers’ association Nezavisnost, said neither the Serbian Football Association nor the league had taken any action.
“Must we wait until some hooligan actually kills one of our players”, he said. “What worries me is that there is no reaction from the football association. They remain quiet.
“They must do something to guarantee the safety of the players. But they don’t. Next time a player could be murdered.
“The only positive thing from this situation, is that our Deputy Prime Minister (Rasim Ljajic) has spoken out and acknowledged the serious problems we are facing.
“In Serbia, no fan has ever been prosecuted or convicted after violent behaviour against a football player. That’s why players are afraid.