Slobodan Subotić

Slobodan Subotić

Al Riyadi
Position	Head coach
League	Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1956-08-15) August 15, 1956 Herceg Novi, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian / Slovenian / Greek
Listed height	6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Career information
Playing career	1975–1993
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
As player:
1975–1986	Olimpija (Yugoslavia)
1986–1993	Aris (Greece)
As coach:
1993–1994	Iraklis (Assistant)
1994–1995	Iraklis
1995–1996	AEK
1996–1997	Aris
1997–1999	Panathinaikos
1999	Slovenia (Assistant)
2000–2001	Panionios
2001	PAOK
2001–2003	Slovenia
2002–2003	Olympiacos (Head Coach/G.M.)
2004–2005	Aurora Basket Jesi
2006–2008	Split Croatia
2009–2010	Cedevita
2011	Aris
2012	Union Olimpija (G.M.)
2012–present	Al Riyadi
Career highlights and awards
As player 5x Greek League Champion (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) 5x Greek Cup Winner (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992) As coach 2x Greek League Champion (1998, 1999) 2x Greek League Coach of the Year (1998, 1999) Greek Cup Champion (2002) FIBA Korać Cup Champion (1997) 2x Lebanese League Champion (2014, 2015)

Slobodan "Piksi" Subotić (Serbian: Слободан Суботић; Greek: Σλόμπονταν Σούμποτιτς; born August 15, 1956 in Herceg Novi, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia (now Montenegro)) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player and basketball coach. He also 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 (Greek: Σλόμπονταν "Λευτέρης" Σούμποτιτς). In addition to having Slovenian and Greek citizenship, he also holds Bosnia and Herzegovina citizenship. At 2.02 m (6 ft. 7.5 in.), he was a talented swingman, with incredible shooting ability.

Professional playing career

Subotić helped the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki to qualify for the Euroleague's Euroleague Final Four in three consecutive years, between 1988 and 1990. With Aris, he was a 5 time Greek League champion, in the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991, and also a 5 time Greek Cup champion, in the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1992.

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

Coaching and management career

After his playing career, Subotić went into coaching. So far, some of the clubs that he's been the head coach of include: Iraklis, AEK, Aris, Panathnaikos, Olympiacos, Split, and he is currently the head coach of Al Riyadi in the Lebanese Basketball League.

As a 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.

He was also an assistant coach with the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team in 1999, as well as the head coach of Slovenia, from 2001 to 2003. He coached Slovenia's senior men's team at the EuroBasket 2003. In 2012, he became the general manager of Olimpija Ljubljana.

Awards and accomplishments

Player

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

Coach

• FIBA Korać Cup Champion: (1996–97)
• 2x Greek League Champion: (1997–98, 1998–99)
• 2x Greek League Coach of the Year: (1998, 1999)
• Greek Cup Champion: (2002)
• 2x Lebanese League Champion: (2013–14, 2014–15)

External links

• Euroleague Coaching Profile 1
• Euroleague Coaching Profile 2
• Eurocup Coaching Profile
• FIBA Europe Coaching Profile
• Italian League Coaching Profile (Italian)
• Interperformances Coaching Profile
• GPK Sports Coaching Profile