Slobodan Ljubotina

Slobodan Ljubotina (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Љуботина; born 11 January 1984) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

Slobodan Ljubotina
Ljubotina with Crvena zvezda in 2017.
Personal information
Born (1984-01-11) 11 January 1984
Otočac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2006 / Undrafted
Playing career2000–2013
PositionPower forward / Center
Number6, 9
Coaching career2015–present
Career history
As player:
2000–2005Spartak Subotica
2005–2006Avala Ada
2006Union Olimpija
2006–2008Turów Zgorzelec
2008Oostende
2008–2009Vojvodina Srbijagas
2009–2010Politekhnika-Halychyna
2010–2011Trefl Sopot
2011–2013Spartak Subotica
2013Crnokosa
As coach:
2015–2017Spartak Subotica (assistant)
2017FMP (assistant)
2017–2018Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2018–2019Spartak Subotica
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Playing career

Ljubotina started his basketball career with Spartak Subotica, making his debut in the YUBA League during the 2001–02 season. In July 2005, he signed with Crvena zvezda[1] but later left the club before appearing in a game for them. He started the 2005–06 season with Avala Ada and in March 2006 he moved to Union Olimpija with whom he won the 2006 Slovenian League championship.[2]

From 2006 to 2008 he played with Polish club Turów Zgorzelec. The 2008–09 season he started with Oostende but after only five games he was released and then in November 2008 he moved to Vojvodina Srbijagas[3] where he spent the rest of the season. For the 2009–10 season he moved to Politekhnika-Halychyna in Ukraine. For the 2010–11 season he returned to Poland and signed with Trefl Sopot.[4] In 2011–12 and 2012–13 season he played for Spartak Subotica in the Serbian B League. His last club was Crnokosa from Kosjerić where he played till December 2013.

Coaching career

Ljubotina started his coaching career with Spartak Subotica junior teams (U12, U17 and U19).[5] From August 2015 till April 2017 he worked as an assistant coach of Spartak. After Spartak first coach Dušan Alimpijević moved to FMP Beograd Ljubotina also goes with him.[6] In July 2017, Alimpijević was named as the head coach of Crvena zvezda, and Ljubotina also moved to Crvena zvezda to be an assistant coach.[7]

In August 2018, Ljubotina was named a head coach for Spartak Subotica of the Basketball League of Serbia. Spartak parted ways with him in January 2019.[8]

Career achievements
As player
As assistant coach

References
  1. "Slobodan Ljubotina u Crvenoj Zvezdi". b92.net (in Serbian). 6 July 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. "Slobodan Ljubotina osvojio titulu u Sloveniji". beoexcell.net (in Serbian). 8 June 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. "Slobodan Ljubotina pojačao Vojvodinu". srbijasport.com (in Serbian). 14 November 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. "Ljubotina pomoże pod koszem". trefl.com (in Polish). 5 November 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. "Slobodan Ljubotina - linkedin profile". rs.linkedin.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. "Pantere produžile s trenerom Alimpijevićem". basketball.hr. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. "Slobodan Ljubotina za MVP: Zvezda ne zove svaki dan". mvp.rs (in Serbian). 24 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  8. "Košarka: Promena na čelu struke Spartaka, velike promene i u igračkom kadru". subotica.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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