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Serbs In Greece
Serbs in Greece ( gr, Σέρβοι στην Ελλάδα, sr, Срби у Грчкој/Srbi u Grčkoj) is a community of Greek nationals of ethnic Serb descent and Serbian-born Greek nationals. They number more than 15,000 people, while according to the 2001 census some 5,200 people born in Serbia have Greek citizenship. Serbian heritage in Greece File:Hilan2.jpg, Hilandar Monastery File:VidoSerbianMausoleum.jpg, Vido Mausoleum File:Zejtinlik.jpg, Zeitenlik military cemetery Sr kuca krf.jpg, Serbian Museum of Corfu Krf krst Kralja Aleksandra.jpg, Cross of the King Alexander I Notable people *Anna Prelević * George Berovich *Branislav Prelević *Dragan Šakota *Dušan Šakota * Vladimir Janković, basketballer * Boban Janković *Dušan Vukčević *Milan Tomić * Predrag Djordjević * Siniša Dobrašinović *Milan Gurović *Marko Jarić, basketballer *Dušan Jelić *Vasos Mavrovouniotis, revolutionary *Đorđe Mihailović *Igor Milošević *Miroslav Pecarski * Dimitris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Šakota
Dušan Šakota ( sr-cyr, Душан Шакота, el, Ντούσαν Σάκοτα ''Ntousan Sakota'', born 22 April 1986) is a Serbian-Greek former professional basketball player. He is 6'10 " (2.10 m) tall. He is a power forward, who possesses the height of a center, and the shooting ability of a shooting guard. He has won two triple crowns in his career. He was the team captain of AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League for five seasons, and with the club, he won the 2018 FIBA Champions League title, the 2018 Greek Cup title, and the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. Early years Šakota was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but he moved with his family to Greece, at the age of four, when his father, Dragan Šakota, was given the head coaching job with the Greek League club PAOK. In the early 2000s, he played in the Greek junior league competitions, with the junior teams of AEK Athens, which was his father's club at the time. Professional career Panathina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Pecarski
Miroslav Pecarski ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Пецарски; born 21 March 1967) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played professionally for KK Partizan, Partizan, Aris B.C., Aris, Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos, Panionios B.C., Panionios, Pallacanestro Cantù, Cholet Basket, Cholet and Gijón Baloncesto, Cabitel Gijón. Early career and college in the U.S. Following a growth spurt at age thirteen, teenage Pecarski began pursuing basketball in his hometown Kikinda. Marking himself out with height and strong build, the teenager received a call-up to the Rusmir Halilović-coached Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team, Yugoslav cadet team during summer 1983. Marist College Pecarski played college basketball at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, arriving there in 1984 under the newly appointed head coach Matthew Furjanic Jr., Matt Furjanic. Considered by some to be Europe's top seventeen-year-old player—having just played a significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Milošević
Igor Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Милошевић; born April 14, 1986) is a former Greek professional basketball player of Serbian origin. In Greece, he is known as Igkor Milosevits (Greek: Ιγκόρ Μιλόσεβιτς). At a height of 1.93 (6'4") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Milošević began his professional career in 2003, with the Greek League club Iraklis Thessaloniki. After spending three years with Iraklis, he moved to the Adriatic League club Crvena zvezda, in 2005. After spending three seasons with Crvena zvezda, he moved to the EuroLeague club, Olympiacos Piraeus, in 2008. In 2009, he moved to the Greek club Maroussi, and in 2010, he joined the Lithuanian League club Lietuvos Rytas In January 2011, he joined the Turkish League club Trabzonspor. In September 2011, he signed a one-year deal with Astana of VTB United League. In February 2012, he signed with Phantoms Braunschweig of the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đorđe Mihailović
Đorđe Mihailović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Михаиловић; Thessaloniki, 1 May 1928) is a keeper of Serbian Military Cemetery at Zeitenlik, in Thessaloniki. For more than half a century Đorđe Mihailović welcomes and sends off the descendants of Serbian soldiers who died in Salonika front during the First World War. He shows them where the bones of their ancestors are stored. The first keeper of the graveyard was Đorđe's grandfather, Serbian military volunteer Savo Mihailović, a Serb from Grbalj, near Boka Kotorska. Savo collected the bodies of his dead friends and comrades, and then protected and guarded the cemetery until his death in 1928. After his death, his remains were also buried in Zeitenlik. Savo was succeeded by his son Đuro Mihailović (Đorđe's father), who succeeded in preserving the cemetery and relics from Nazi looting during World War II. Đuro died in 1961 and was buried along with his father on Zeitenlik. Duty to guard the cemetery was given to Đor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasos Mavrovouniotis
Vasos Mavrovouniotis ( el, Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης, literally "''Vasos the Montenegrin''"; 1797 – 9 June 1847), born as Vaso Brajević ( Serbian: Васо Брајевић), was a Serbian general, who played a significant role in the Greek revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. Life Origin and early life Mavrovouniotis was born in Mojdež, in the Bay of Kotor (modern-day Montenegro), as Vaso Brajević. He went to the maritime school in Herceg Novi, where he excelled. He was given the nickname ''Mavrovouniotis'' or ''Mavrovouniota'', "Montenegrin" (Васо Црногорац), in Greece. Greek Revolution In 1821, he led a force of 120 Montenegrins and Greeks, and joined the early stages of the Greek revolution. His first stop was in central Greece where he met with the Greek Nikolaos Kriezotis, an old time fellow warrior, leader of the Greek Revolution in Euboea, with whom he was a “Vlami” (a spiritual brother, an ancient Balkan practice of bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Jelić
Dušan Jelić ( sr-cyr, Душан Јелић; born 13 August 1974) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player. At a height of 2.11 m (6'11") tall, he played at the center position. Coaching career In February 2021, Jelić was hired as the new head coach of Napredak Aleksinac of the Basketball League of Serbia. Personal life Like many players from the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s, Jelić obtained Greek citizenship, while playing in the country, and thus competed as a domestic player under the name Ntousan Koutsopoulos (Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...: Ντοὐσαν Κουτσόπουλος). In Greece, he is also known by the name Dušan Jelic Koutsopoulos. References External links Euroleague.net Profile Eurobasket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Jarić
Marko Jarić ( sr-cyr, Марко Јарић, ; el, Μάρκο Γιάριτς, Marko Yiarits; born 12 October 1978) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he mainly played the shooting guard position. He also represented the senior FR Yugoslavian national basketball team internationally. Jarić was an All-EuroLeague First Team member in 2002. Early life Jarić was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, the son of Srećko Jarić, a well-known Yugoslav professional basketball player, who played as a point guard for Radnički Belgrade, and was regarded by head basketball coach Dušan Ivković as, the "biggest talent that he ever had under his charge". Jarić began playing basketball with the youth teams of the Serbian club Red Star Belgrade. Professional career Europe Jarić began his professional career in the 1996–97 season, with the Greek Basket League club Peristeri. With Peristeri, he played two seasons in the Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Gurović
Milan Gurović ( sr-cyrl, Милан Гуровић; born 17 June 1975) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his pro career, he played for numerous clubs from all over Europe. Gurović was also a member of the senior national teams of both FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. Early life Gurović was born in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia to Serbian parents. His father Božidar and mother Mara, both hailed from the vicinity of Trebinje, in Herzegovina. Raised in Novi Sad with a younger brother Veljko, young Milan practiced kung fu before taking up the sport of basketball. Club career Early years After taking up basketball at thirteen years of age with KK Slavija Novi Sad, Gurović quickly moved across town to join the youth system of the more established NAP Novi Sad a.k.a Naftagas Promet under coach Zoran Trivan. Two years later, at age fifteen, he debuted for NAP's first team thus getting a chance to compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siniša Dobrašinović
Siniša Dobrašinović ( el, Σίνισα Ντομπρασίνοβιτς, sr-Cyrl, Синиша Добрашиновић; born 17 February 1977) is Cypriot football coach and a former defensive midfielder. Playing career Club Dobrašinović started his career playing for FK Rudar Pljevlja, and made his first attempt abroad at K.S.C. Lokeren. He later tried his luck at Cyprus, which was a crucial decision, since spent most his career playing at the Cyprus First Division. He played in various Cypriot teams, but his best years was playing for AC Omonia and Anorthosis. While playing at Anorthosis in the Champions League, became the first player to score in a Cypriot kit. In his later years as footballer he played at Greek club AO Kavala. and FC Zhetysu of Kazakhstan. International Despite being born in Ivangrad, SR Montenegro, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, Dobrasinović has opted to accept the call to represent the Cypriot national team. He was playing in Cyprus since 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Djordjević
Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved". The usual nickname is Peđa (Pedja). It may refer to: * Predrag Balašević, ethnic Romanian politician from Serbia * Predrag Cvitanović, Croatian physicist and academic * Predrag Danilović, Serbian basketball player * Peđa Grbin Peđa Grbin (born 24 May 1979) is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as President of the Social Democratic Party since 2020. He was also Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2022, when he was replaced by Davorko Vidović, the leader of t ..., Croatian lawyer and politician * Predrag Krunić, Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball coach * Predrag Lazić, Serbian professional footballer * Predrag Marković, Serbian politician, author, and historian * Predrag Matvejević, Yugoslav writer and scholar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Tomić
Milan Tomić ( sr, Милaн Томић, Greek: Μίλαν Τόμιτς (Milan Tomits); born July 24, 1973) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player. Tomić has spent almost all of his professional playing and coaching career in Greece, after he took Greek nationality, under the name of Milan Giannakopoulos (Greek: Μίλαν Γιαννακόπουλος). During his playing years in Olympiacos, he became an idol among the team's fans. Still considered a legend to Olympiacos fans after his retirement as a player, he took an assistant coach's spot with the team, under then head coach Panagiotis Giannakis. Playing career Early years and the golden era Tomić started his career playing for Radnički as a teenager, and made a name as a good young player. Summer 1991 set a fresh start for Olympiacos. New chairman Kokkalis appointed Giannis Ioannidis as head coach, with a goal to put the team in European basketball's elite. Ioannidis invited Tomić, among ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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