Slobodan Subotić
{{short description|Slovenian basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Slobodan Subotić
| image =
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| position = Head coach
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7.5
| weight_lb = 200
| team = Free agent
| league =
| nationality = Bosnian / Serbian / Greek / Slovenian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Herceg Novi, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| draft_year = 1978
| career_start = 1975
| career_end = 1993
| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward
| career_number =
| coach_start = 1993
| years1 = 1975–1986
| team1 = Smelt Olimpija
| years2 = 1986–1993
| team2 = Aris
| cyears1 = 1993–1994
| cteam1 = Iraklis (assistant)
| cyears2 = 1994–1996
| cteam2 = Iraklis
| cyears3 = 1996
| cteam3 = AEK Athens
| cyears4 = 1996–1997
| cteam4 = Aris
| cyears5 = 1997–1999
| cteam5 = Panathinaikos
| cyears6 = 1999
| cteam6 = Slovenia (assistant)
| cyears7 = 2000–2001
| cteam7 = Panionios
| cyears8 = 2001
| cteam8 = PAOK
| cyears9 = 2001–2003
| cteam9 = Slovenia
| cyears10 = 2002–2003
| cteam10 = Olympiacos
| cyears11 = 2004–2005
| cteam11 = Aurora Basket Jesi
| cyears12 = 2006–2008
| cteam12 = Split
| cyears13 = 2009–2010
| cteam13 = Cedevita
| cyears14 = 2011
| cteam14 = Aris
| cyears15 = 2012–2016
| cteam15 = Al Riyadi
| cyears16 = 2017
| cteam16 = Cibona
| cyears17 = 2018–2019
| cteam17 = Lebanon
| cyears18 = 2019
| cteam18 = Budućnost
| cyears19 = 2020–2021
| cteam19 = Club Africain
| cyears20 = 2022-
| cteam20 = APOEL
| highlights =
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)
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Slobodan "Piksi" Subotić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Слободан Суботић}}, {{langx|el|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.{{Cite web|title=Slobodan Subotic Returns to Montenegro After More Than 40 Years|url=https://www.total-montenegro-news.com/sport/4517-subotic-at-the-press-buducnost-will-be-a-warrior-team|access-date=2020-11-03|website=www.total-montenegro-news.com|language=en-gb}}
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[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=WCN&seasoncode=E2002#!career SOUMPOTITS, SLOMPONTAN NATIONALITY: GREECE.][http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=WCJ&seasoncode=E2001 SUBOTIC, LEFTERIS BORN: 15 AUGUST, 1956 NATIONALITY: GREECE.] ({{langx|el|Σλόμπονταν "Λευτέρης" Σούμποτιτς}}). In addition to having Slovenian and Greek citizenship, he also holds Bosnian citizenship.[http://www.bgbasket.com/en/management.php?id=295 Slobodan Subotic Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Greece.][http://www.interperformances.com/basket/detail_coach.php?id=108 Slobodan Subotic Birthdate: 15-08-1956 Nationality: Bosnian - Slovenian - Greek.] 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.[http://cedarsbasketball.com/subotic-extends-with-riyadi-for-3-more-years/ Subotic extends with Riyadi for 3 more years.][http://www.sportando.com/en/world/asia/162183/slobodan-subotic-extends-with-al-riyadi-until-2018.html Slobodan Subotic extends with Al Riyadi until 2018.]
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.[http://www.talkbasket.net/6805-lefteris-subotic-appointed-as-new-gm-of-olimpija.html Lefteris Subotic appointed as new GM of Olimpija.]
On 18 June 2017, Subotić was named the head coach of Croatian club Cibona,[http://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=38423 Slobodan Subotić is new Cibona head coach.] with which he parted ways on 11 November 2017.[http://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=39136 Cibona and Slobodan Subotić parted ways.]{{Cite web|title=Coach Profile|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/coach/Slobodan-Subotic/Club-Africain-Tunis/1580|access-date=2020-11-03|website=basketball.eurobasket.com}}{{Cite news|title=Slobodan Subotić is taking over Club Africain Tunis|language=en-US|work=Sportando|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/slobodan-subotic-is-taking-over-club-africain-tunis/|access-date=2020-11-03}}
In the 2020–21 season, he coached Club Africain in the Tunisian Championnat National A.{{cite news |title=Slobodan Subotić is taking over Club Africain Tunis |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/slobodan-subotic-is-taking-over-club-africain-tunis/ |website=Sportando |date=13 September 2020 |access-date=10 November 2021 |last1=Vezonik |first1=Uroš }}
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|date=December 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=WCJ EuroLeague Coaching Profile]
- [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?pcode=WCJ EuroCup Coaching Profile]
- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2010.roundID_7065.teamID_96877.coachID_2035..html FIBA Europe Coaching Profile]
- [http://web.legabasket.it/coach/coach.phtml?id=SUB-SLO Italian League Coaching Profile] {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.interperformances.com/basket/detail_coach.php?id=108 Interperformances Coaching Profile]
- [http://www.gpksports.com/coacher_Slobodan.htm GPK Sports Coaching Profile]
{{Aris BC 1992–93 FIBA European Cup Winners}}
{{Aris BC 1996–97 Korać Cup Winners}}
{{Greek Basket League Best Coach}}
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