Slobodan Subotic
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Slobodan "Piksi" Subotić ' onMouseout='HidePop("77530")' href="/topics/Herceg_Novi">Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi
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, SR Montenegro
Socialist Republic of Montenegro
Socialist Republic of Montenegro or SR Montenegro in shortened form, was a socialist state that was a constituent country in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is a predecessor of the modern day Montenegro...

, SFR Yugoslavia (now Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

)) is a retired professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player. A 2.01 m talented swingman
Swingman
A Swingman is a basketball term denoting a player who can play both the small forward and shooting guard positions, and, in essence, swing between the shooting guard and small forward positions." Swingmen males are often between 6'5" and 6'8" .John Havlicek, who played for the Boston Celtics in...

, his incredible shooting ability helped Aris Thessaloniki
Aris BC
Aris Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the Thessaloniki-based Greek sport club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of Aris Thessaloniki....

 qualify for three Euroleague
Euroleague
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 final fours between 1988 and 1990. Subotić followed a successful career as a coach. He also has Greek citizenship, which he obtained to circumvent EU administrative restrictions while playing and coaching there. To be able to get the citizenship he had to administratively change his name in the eyes of Greek law and is thus known there as Lefteris Subotić .

After his playing career, Subotic went in to coaching. So far he's been the head coach of Iraklis Thessaloniki
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C.
Iraklis B.C. is the professional basketball department of the wider family of G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki, located in Thessaloniki, Greece. Iraklis currently plays in the Greek League. The team colors are blue and white.-History:...

 AEK Athens, Panathnaikos, Aris Thessaloniki
Aris BC
Aris Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the Thessaloniki-based Greek sport club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of Aris Thessaloniki....

, Olympiacos and KK Split
KK Split
KK Split , KK Split CO for sponsorship relations is a basketball club from Split, Croatia. Currently, KK Split competes in the A-1 Liga and Krešimir Ćosić Cup.-History:...

.

Playing career

  • Olimpija Ljubljana
    KK Union Olimpija
    -Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir...

     (1976–1986)
  • Aris Thessaloniki
    Aris BC
    Aris Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the Thessaloniki-based Greek sport club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of Aris Thessaloniki....

     (1986–1993)

Coaching career

  • Iraklis Thessaloniki
    Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C.
    Iraklis B.C. is the professional basketball department of the wider family of G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki, located in Thessaloniki, Greece. Iraklis currently plays in the Greek League. The team colors are blue and white.-History:...

     (Assistant; 1993–1994)
  • Iraklis Thessaloniki (1994–95)
  • AEK Athens (1995–96)
  • Aris Thessaloniki (1996–97)
  • Panathinaikos B.C.(1997–1999)
  • Panionios Athens (2000–2001)
  • PAOK Thessaloniki (2001)
  • Olympiacos (2002–2003)
  • Aurora Basket Jesi (2004)
  • Aurora Basket Jesi (2006)
  • KK Split (2007–2008)

Honors

Player:
  • Greek National Championship
    A1 Ethniki
    The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

     (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91)
  • Greek National Cup
    Greek basketball Cup
    The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation .-History and format:...

     (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992)

Coach:
  • Greek National Championship (1997–98, 1998–99)
  • Greek National Cup (2002)
  • Korać Cup
    Korac Cup
    The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...

    (1996–97)

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