irth , ▁bapt ism , ▁military ▁service , ▁marriage , ▁death , ▁etc .), ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁Orth odox ▁patron ▁saint ▁celebr ation ▁( s lava ). ▁It ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁numerous ▁folk ▁rem ed ies , ▁and ▁is ▁given ▁certain ▁degree ▁of ▁respect ▁above ▁all ▁other ▁alco hol ic ▁drink s . ▁The ▁fert ile ▁region ▁of ▁Š um ad ija ▁in ▁central ▁Ser bia ▁is ▁particularly ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁pl ums ▁and ▁Š lj iv ov ica . ▁Ser bia ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁exp orter ▁of ▁Sl iv ov itz ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁and ▁second ▁largest ▁pl um ▁producer ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Sport ▁ ▁Ser bs ▁are ▁famous ▁for ▁their ▁sport ing ▁achiev ements , ▁and ▁have ▁produced ▁many ▁tal ented ▁athlet es . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁years ▁Ser bia ▁has ▁been ▁home ▁to ▁many ▁intern ation ally ▁ren owned ▁football ▁players ▁such ▁as ▁Drag an ▁D ž aj ić ▁( o fficial ly ▁recognized ▁as ▁" the ▁best ▁Ser bian ▁footballer ▁of ▁all ▁times " ▁by ▁Football ▁Association ▁of ▁Ser bia ; ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁European ▁Football er ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁third ▁place ) ▁and ▁more ▁recent ▁lik es ▁of ▁De jan ▁St ank ović ▁( Ser bia ' s ▁most ▁c apped ▁player ), ▁N eman ja ▁V idi ć ▁( P rem ier ▁League ▁Player ▁of ▁the ▁Season ▁and ▁member ▁of ▁F IF Pro ▁World ▁XI , ▁both ▁awards ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 8 – 0 9 ▁and ▁ 2