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The vice-president of a club who's fans racially abused a rival player has defended her team and said he should: “Go back to Brazil and show your dark fingers to them”.

Partizan Belgrade player Everton Luiz left Sunday's derby with FK Rad Beograd in tears after suffering racist abuse at the hands of the rival fans .

The Brazilian was abused during the fiery encounter with fierce rivals Rad Beograd last Sunday with what the player describes as monkey chants.

But instead of condemn her club's fans, FK Rad executive Jelena Polic launched a vile attack on Everton on Facebook.

She wrote in a since removed post: “The whole story about this "big" Everton player and the stuff that happened on the game between Rad and Partizan is biased and sad.

“Apparently we have to respect others more than ourselves, to be proud when in the 'TITO' team (Partizan) has 7 foreign players. And then fake tears, fake 'I love Serbia and I see it as my house' story.

“Well, why don't you go back to Brazil and show your dark fingers to them and swear on Brazilians mothers and everything will be ok.”

The FK Rad players have since released a public statement apologising but claiming they did not hear any racist remarks, while also shifting blame onto Everton.

They said: "We express regret and condemn such action. We condemn racism and any form of hatred in football stadiums."

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The 28-year-old insists he wants to fight against racism though and show his abusers that he is stronger.

"That hasn't passed my mind. I need to show them that we are stronger," Everton told the Mail. "We can't simply choose to run away. I will always fight against these types of people.

"I want my children to grow up strong and knowing that, yes, these things can happen. Unfortunately it's not just here that there are people with these kinds of attitudes. But I also don't want them to suffer. If it hurts me this much, I can't imagine them hurting too."

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Everton also described in detail the his horrific experience, admitting the insults made him 'very angry.'

"The fans were shouting calling me a monkey, imitating the animal the whole time," he added. "When I got close, I could hear it more loudly and I became very angry. But even so I had to carry on playing and representing my team.'"

Vile supporters unveiled a banner insulting Brazilian star Luiz before the end of the match.

The referee halted the game while the banner was removed, while public messages were released by stewards to try and get the Rad fans to stop their chanting.

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But the pleas were ignored.

At the final whistle, Luiz made a one-fingered gesture in the direction of the Rad fans, who had to be restrained by the police.

Following the match, Luiz said: "I've been suffering racist abuse during the entire 90 minutes and also was upset by the home players, who supported that. They were all attacking me.

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"I want to forget this as soon as possible. I love Serbia and the people here, that is why I cried.

"But please say no to racism!"

Partizan coach Marko Nikolic added: "It's a return to the reality of Serbian football.

"Everton should not have reacted but something provoked his outburst, didn't it?"

There has been a series of incidents with racist motives that have marred Serbian football in recent years.

England Under-21's black players, including Manchester City's Raheem Sterling and Tottenham's Danny Rose, suffered abuse from the stands during a match which took place in 2012.

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The match in Krusevac was marred by ugly scenes as players fought and Danny Rose was sent off after the final whistle – making monkey gestures in response to alleged racist abuse from the crowd.

QPR defender Nedum Onuoha was subjected to similar abuse in a game against Serbia in 2007.

Recalling that day, he said: "It is an experience that will never leave me, and to this day it is a source of sadness and anger that during an international football match, played in the 21st century, I was the victim of racist chanting from Serbia supporters.

"It started during the first half of our group match in Nijmegen and got louder and louder, so much so that the PA announcer had to ask the fans to calm down."

Problems continued later in 2012 when travelling Serbian supporters rioted at a senior Euro 2012 qualifier in Italy, forcing the game to be abandoned.

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A 2014 international qualifier against Albania was also abandoned due to fan violence after a flag was flown above the Partizan Stadium, causing riots between players.

UEFA banned Albania fans from attending the Group I clash but a drone carrying an Albanian flag, apparently featuring a map of Kosovo, was flown over the pitch.

Serbia defender Stefan Mitrovic pulled down the flag, leading to a mass brawl between the players. Riot police then moved in when around a dozen fans invaded the pitch and attacked Albania players - with one hooligan throwing a stool at striker Bekim Balaj.

Earlier that evening, Serbia supporters had burned a NATO flag in the stands, before clashing with police.

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Partizan Belgrade themselves were forced to apologise in 2014 after an anti-Semitic banner was unfurled during a Europa League game against Tottenham.

A small section of the home kop unfurled the message the sign emblazoned with the message "Only Jews and Pussies" in relation to the north London club's Jewish supporters.

UEFA fined the club 40,000 euros (£31,430) and forced a partial closure on their stadium.