Mlađen Šljivančanin

Mlađen Šljivančanin
Personal information
Born (1985-07-01) 1 July 1985
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted
Playing career 2002–2014
Position Small forward
Career history
2002–2003 Partizan
2003–2004 Spartak Subotica
2004–2005 Skyliners Frankfurt
2005–2007 RheinEnergie Köln
2007–2008 Crvena zvezda
2008–2009 VVS Samara
2009–2010 Apollon Limassol
2010 Bourg-en-Bresse
2010–2011 Keravnos
2012 Radnički Belgrade
2012–2014 Borac Čačak
2014 Timba Timișoara
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
U20 European Championship
2005 Russia National Team

Mlađen Šljivančanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Млађен Шљиванчанин, born July 1. 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player.

Basketball career

Šljivančanin played for Partizan and Spartak Subotica in the YUBA League, as well as Crvena zvezda, Radnički Belgrade and Borac Čačak[1] in the Basketball League of Serbia. Also, with Crvena zvezda he played in the Adriatic League.

Šljivančanin spent a part of his career abroad and played in Germany, France, Russia, Cyprus and Romania. He played for Skyliners Frankfurt and RheinEnergie Köln in the Basketball Bundesliga. In the Russian Super League he played for VVS Samara, while in the French LNB Pro B he played for Bourg-en-Bresse. Šljivančanin played for Apollon Limassol and Keravnos in the Cyprus Basketball Division A. He finished his professional basketball career in the Romanian Liga I where he played for Timba Timișoara.

Personal life

Šljivančanin is a son of Veselin Šljivančanin (b. 1953), a former Montenegrin Serb officer in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) who participated in the Battle of Vukovar and was subsequently convicted on a war crimes indictment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role in the Vukovar massacre.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Profile for 2012/13 Borac season
  2. ↑ "Press | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia". Icty.org. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  3. ↑ "Appeals Chamber Grants Šljivančanin's Request for Review of Judgement". ICTY. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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