Miloš Šakota

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Miloš Šakota
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
PositionU16 Head coach
LeagueCadet League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1984-06-11) 11 June 1984 (age 39)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian / Greek
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Career information
NBA draft2006: undrafted
Playing career2002–2015, 2016–2020
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Number8, 12
Coaching career2015, 2020–present
Career history
As player:
2003–2004Ionikos NF
2005–2006Near East
2008–2009CSKA Sofia
2010–2011Olympias Patras
2013–2014Arkadikos
2014–2015AE Livadia
2016–2017AE Santorinis
2017–2018Lokros Atalantis
2018–2020Slodes
As coach:
2015AEK (assistant)
2020–2021Slodes (assistant)
2021–2022Žitko Basket (youth)
2022–presentCrvena zvezda Youth

Miloš Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Шакота, Greek: Μίλος Σάκοτα, born 11 June 1984) is a Greek–Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the U-16 head coach for the Crvena zvezda youth system. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he played both small forward and power forward positions.

Playing career[edit]

Šakota played for Ionikos NF, Near East, Aigaleo, Apollon Limassol (Cyprus), CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria), Al Nizwa (Oman), Olympias Patras, Arkadikos, and AE Livadia during his playing career.[1][2][3] He played in the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup, during the 2003–04 season, with Ionikos NF. He retired as a player with Livadia in 2015, to pursuit a coaching career.

In October 2016, Šakota returned from the retirement and signed for AE Santorinis.[4] On 31 July 2017, he signed for Lokros Atalantis.[1][5] In 2018, Šakota joined a roster Slodes of the Second Basketball League of Serbia, upon an invitation of Nenad Mišanović. For the second time, he retired as a player in 2020.[6]

Coaching career[edit]

Šakota has a stint in 2015 when the Greek League club AEK hired him as an assistant coach, joining the coaching staff of his father Dragan Šakota.[7]

After second retirement in 2020, Šakota joined the Slodes staff as an assistant coach. Afterwards, he joined a youth system of Žitko Basket as the U19 head coach.[6]

On 17 August 2022, Crvena zvezda hired Šakota as their new head coach for the under-16 team.[8][9]

Personal life[edit]

Šakota is a son of Dragan Šakota, a professional basketball coach and former player, and the older brother of Dušan Šakota, a retired Greek professional basketball player.[6] His father Dragan is a FIBA Saporta Cup champion in 1991 and FIBA Champions League champion in 2018. His brother Dušan is a two-time EuroLeague champion, winning both titles with Panathinaikos, in 2007 and 2009.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Υπέγραψε σε ομάδα της Γ' Εθνικής ο Σάκοτα". sdna.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Σάκοτα και Αντωνιάδης στον Αρκαδικό". kalimera-arkadia.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Milos Sakota - #8 - PF". bgbasket.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Μίλος Σάκοτα η… μεγάλη επιστροφή με τη φανέλα της Σαντορίνης!". infobasket.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Σημαντική προσθήκη με Σάκοτα ο Λοκρός". infobasket.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Miloš Šakota: Odabrao sam teži put, ali ne osećam presiju zbog oca – ponosan sam". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Στην ΑΕΚ και ο Μίλος Σάκοτα!". onsports.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Antonić se vraća na Mali Kalemegdan posle dve decenije, Šakota preuzima jednu od selekcija Zvezde". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Mlađe selekcije KK Crvena zvezda dobile nove trenere, Antonić koordinator". kkcrvenazvezda.rs. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

External links[edit]

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