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 (age 41) Otočac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2006: undrafted
Playing career	2000–2013
Position	Power forward / center
Number	6, 9
Coaching career	2014–present
Career history
As a player:
2000–2005	Spartak Subotica
2005–2006	Avala Ada
2006	Union Olimpija
2006–2008	Turów Zgorzelec
2008	Oostende
2008–2009	Vojvodina Srbijagas
2009–2010	Politekhnika-Halychyna
2010–2011	Trefl Sopot
2011–2013	Spartak Subotica
2013	Crnokosa
As a coach:
2015–2017	Spartak Subotica (assistant)
2017	FMP (assistant)
2017–2018	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2018–2019	Spartak Subotica
Career highlights
As player: Slovenian League champion (2006)

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

• Slovenian League champion: 1 (with Union Olimpija: 2005–06)

As assistant coach

• Serbian League champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 2017–18)