Slovenian basketball player and coach
Slobodan "Piksi" Suboti?
(
Serbian Cyrillic
:
Слободан Суботи?
,
Greek
:
Σλ?μπονταν Σο?μποτιτ?
; born 15 August 1956) is a Greek-Slovenian professional
basketball
coach and former player. He last served as the head coach for
Budu?nost
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
:
Σλ?μπονταν "Λευτ?ρη?" Σο?μποτιτ?
). 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
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Suboti? 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.
Suboti? then followed-up his playing career, by moving on to work as a
basketball coach
.
Coaching career
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After his playing career, Suboti? 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 Kora? 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, Suboti? 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
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Player
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- 5×
Greek League
Champion: (1986?87, 1987?88, 1988?89, 1989?90, 1990?91)
- 5×
Greek Cup
Winner: (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992)
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References
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External links
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