Slobodan Subotić

Slobodan Subotić
Free agent
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	15 August 1956 (age 68); Herceg Novi, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian / Serbian / Greek / Slovenian
Listed height	6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1978: undrafted
Playing career	1975–1993
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
As player:
1975–1986	Smelt Olimpija
1986–1993	Aris
As coach:
1993–1994	Iraklis (assistant)
1994–1995	Iraklis
1995–1996	AEK Athens
1996–1997	Aris
1997–1999	Panathinaikos
1999	Slovenia (assistant)
2000–2001	Panionios
2001	PAOK
2001–2003	Slovenia
2002–2003	Olympiacos
2004–2005	Aurora Basket Jesi
2006–2008	Split
2009–2010	Cedevita
2011	Aris
2012–2016	Al Riyadi
2017	Cibona
2018–2019	Lebanon
2019	Budućnost
2020–2021	Club Africain
2022-	APOEL
Career highlights and awards
	As player 5× Greek League champion (1987, 1988–1991); 5× Greek Cup winner (1987–1990, 1992); Gree All-Star (1991); As head coach FIBA Korać Cup champion (1997); 2× Greek League champion (1998, 1999); Greek Cup winner (2002); 2× Greek League Coach of the Year (1998, 1999); 3× FLB champion (2014–2016);

Slobodan "Piksi" Subotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Суботић, Greek: Σλόμπονταν Σούμποτιτς; born 15 August 1956) is a Greek-Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He last served as the head coach for Budućnost of the ABA League, Montenegrin League and the EuroCup.^[1]

He has Greek citizenship, which he obtained to circumvent EU administrative restrictions while playing and coaching there. To be able to obtain Greek citizenship, he had to administratively change his name in the eyes of Greek law, and is thus known there as Slompontan "Lefteris" Soumpotits^[2]^[3] (Greek: Σλόμπονταν "Λευτέρης" Σούμποτιτς). In addition to having Slovenian and Greek citizenship, he also holds Bosnian citizenship.^[4]^[5] At 2.02 m (6'7 1⁄2") tall, he was a talented swingman, with incredible shooting ability.

Playing career

Subotić helped the Greek club Aris to qualify for the EuroLeague's Final Four in three consecutive years (1988, 1989 and 1990). With Aris, he was a five time Greek League champion, in the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991, and also a five time Greek Cup winner, in the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992.

Subotić then followed-up his playing career, by moving on to work as a basketball coach.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Subotić went into coaching. So far, some of the clubs that he has been the head coach of include: Greek clubs Iraklis, AEK, Aris, Panathnaikos, Panionios, PAOK and Olympiacos, Croatian club Split and Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League.

As the head coach, he won the Greek League championship twice, in 1998 and 1999, the Greek Cup in 2002, the FIBA Korać Cup in 1997 and the Lebanese League championship in 2014 and 2015. He extended his contract with Al Riyadi for three more years in 2015.^[6]^[7]

He was also an assistant coach with the senior men's Slovenia national team in 1999, as well as the head coach of Slovenia from 2001 to 2003, coaching them at the 2003 EuroBasket. In 2012 he became the general manager of the Slovenian club Union Olimpija.^[8]

On 18 June 2017, Subotić was named the head coach of Croatian club Cibona,^[9] with which he parted ways on 11 November 2017.^[10]^[11]^[12]

In the 2020–21 season, he coached Club Africain in the Tunisian Championnat National A.^[13]

Awards and accomplishments

Player

5× Greek League Champion: (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91)
5× Greek Cup Winner: (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992)

Head coach

FIBA Korać Cup Champion: (1996–97)
2× Greek League Champion: (1997–98, 1998–99)
Greek Cup Winner: (2002)
2× Greek League Best Coach: (1998, 1999)
3× Lebanese League Champion: (2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16)^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Slobodan Subotic Returns to Montenegro After More Than 40 Years". www.total-montenegro-news.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
^ SOUMPOTITS, SLOMPONTAN NATIONALITY: GREECE.
^ SUBOTIC, LEFTERIS BORN: 15 AUGUST, 1956 NATIONALITY: GREECE.
^ Slobodan Subotic Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Greece.
^ Slobodan Subotic Birthdate: 15-08-1956 Nationality: Bosnian - Slovenian - Greek.
^ Subotic extends with Riyadi for 3 more years.
^ Slobodan Subotic extends with Al Riyadi until 2018.
^ Lefteris Subotic appointed as new GM of Olimpija.
^ Slobodan Subotić is new Cibona head coach.
^ Cibona and Slobodan Subotić parted ways.
^ "Coach Profile". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
^ "Slobodan Subotić is taking over Club Africain Tunis". Sportando. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
^ Vezonik, Uroš (13 September 2020). "Slobodan Subotić is taking over Club Africain Tunis". Sportando. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

External links

[1] "Slobodan Subotic Returns to Montenegro After More Than 40 Years". www.total-montenegro-news.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

[2] SOUMPOTITS, SLOMPONTAN NATIONALITY: GREECE.

[3] SUBOTIC, LEFTERIS BORN: 15 AUGUST, 1956 NATIONALITY: GREECE.

[4] Slobodan Subotic Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Greece.

[5] Slobodan Subotic Birthdate: 15-08-1956 Nationality: Bosnian - Slovenian - Greek.

[6] Subotic extends with Riyadi for 3 more years.

[7] Slobodan Subotic extends with Al Riyadi until 2018.

[8] Lefteris Subotic appointed as new GM of Olimpija.

[9] Slobodan Subotić is new Cibona head coach.

[10] Cibona and Slobodan Subotić parted ways.

[11] "Coach Profile". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

[12] "Slobodan Subotić is taking over Club Africain Tunis". Sportando. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

[13] Vezonik, Uroš (13 September 2020). "Slobodan Subotić is taking over Club Africain Tunis". Sportando. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

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