Vidic's career in numbers

What Premier League legends said

"Vida is simply the best out-and-out defender I've seen. Aggression and desire to win at all costs, scared centre-forwards to death!" - Michael Carrick

"He became a defender that was feared. He could fight with the most physical. He crunched into tackles. He attacked the ball better than anyone I've seen. But, as he will tell you with a smile, he could also play with the ball too, which made him complete and a great defender. Because he was so good in the aggressive areas, people probably overlooked his ability with the ball, to his annoyance!" - Rio Ferdinand

"Nemanja reminds me of Steve Bruce in the sense he always asks a question of defenders. He wants to know whether they have the courage to put their head in front of his. There is no question he can play, there is not a doubt about it. But he doesn't mess about in terms of clearing the ball."  - Sir Alex Ferguson

Did you know?

Vidic is the only defender to win the Premier League Player of the Season award more than once, claiming the honour in 2008/09 and 2010/11.

The centre-back scored five Premier League goals in 2010/11. This is the joint-most by a Man Utd defender in a single season, along with Denis Irwin and Steve Bruce, both in 1992/93.

Among the 453 players to have appeared at least 200 times in the Premier League, Vidic has the sixth-best win percentage, winning 70.6 per cent of his games (149/211).