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Slobodan Ljubotina (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Љуботина; born January 11, 1984) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as an assistant coach for Crvena zvezda of the Basketball League of Serbia, the ABA League and the EuroLeague.
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 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.
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 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. 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). 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. 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.