Background
He is the son of former professional basketball player and coach, Dragan Šakota, and the brother of professional basketball player Dušan Šakota.
basketball player coach of Serbian
He is the son of former professional basketball player and coach, Dragan Šakota, and the brother of professional basketball player Dušan Šakota.
He is 6"8¾" (205 m) tall, and during his playing career, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions. Šakota played with Ionikos Newfoundland, Near East, Egaleo, Apollon Limassol, CSKA Sofia, Olympias Patras, Arkadikos, and AE Livadia during his playing career. He played in the Eurocup during the 2003-2004 season with the Greek club Ionikos Newfoundland.
Šakota began his coaching career in 2015, when the Greek League club AEK hired him as an assistant.