Mlađen Šljivančanin

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

Mlađen Šljivančanin
Personal information
Born (1985-07-01) 1 July 1985
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2002–2014
PositionSmall forward
Career history
2002–2003Partizan
2003–2004Spartak Subotica
2004–2005Skyliners Frankfurt
2005–2007RheinEnergie Köln
2007–2008Crvena zvezda
2008–2009VVS Samara
2009–2010Apollon Limassol
2010Bourg-en-Bresse
2010–2011Keravnos
2012Radnički Belgrade
2012–2014Borac Čačak
2014Timba Timișoara
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro /  FR Yugoslavia
U20 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Russia National Team
European Championship for Cadets
Gold medal – first place2001 LatviaTeam

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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