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 assistant coach of AEK Athens. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he played both small forward and power forward positions.
| AEK Athens | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | Greek Basket League BCL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 11 June 1984 Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian / Greek |
| Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2006: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2002–2015, 2016–2020 |
| Position | Small forward / power forward |
| Number | 8, 12 |
| Coaching career | 2015, 2020–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2003–2004 | Ionikos NF |
| 2005–2006 | Near East |
| 2008–2009 | CSKA Sofia |
| 2010–2011 | Olympias Patras |
| 2013–2014 | Arkadikos |
| 2014–2015 | AE Livadia |
| 2016–2017 | AE Santorinis |
| 2017–2018 | Lokros Atalantis |
| 2018–2020 | Slodes |
| As coach: | |
| 2015 | AEK Athens (assistant) |
| 2020–2021 | Slodes (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Žitko Basket (youth) |
| 2022–2024 | Crvena zvezda Youth |
| 2024–present | AEK Athens (assistant) |
Playing career
editŠakota 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
editŠakota 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
editŠakota 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- ^ a b "Υπέγραψε σε ομάδα της Γ' Εθνικής ο Σάκοτα". sdna.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Σάκοτα και Αντωνιάδης στον Αρκαδικό". kalimera-arkadia.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Milos Sakota - #8 - PF". bgbasket.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Μίλος Σάκοτα η… μεγάλη επιστροφή με τη φανέλα της Σαντορίνης!". infobasket.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Σημαντική προσθήκη με Σάκοτα ο Λοκρός". infobasket.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Miloš Šakota: Odabrao sam teži put, ali ne osećam presiju zbog oca – ponosan sam". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Στην ΑΕΚ και ο Μίλος Σάκοτα!". onsports.gr. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Antonić se vraća na Mali Kalemegdan posle dve decenije, Šakota preuzima jednu od selekcija Zvezde". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Mlađe selekcije KK Crvena zvezda dobile nove trenere, Antonić koordinator". kkcrvenazvezda.rs. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
External links
edit- Player Profile at proballers.com
- Player Profile at eurobasket.com
- Player Profile at realgm.com
- Player Profile at euroleaguebasketball.net