{"id":209049,"date":"2026-05-04T16:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=209049"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:14:12","slug":"hope-dies-last-but-fewer-and-fewer-chances-for-andrej-stojakovic-to-play-for-serbia-here-is-what-his-father-peda-stojakovic-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/hope-dies-last-but-fewer-and-fewer-chances-for-andrej-stojakovic-to-play-for-serbia-here-is-what-his-father-peda-stojakovic-did\/","title":{"rendered":"HOPE DIES LAST, BUT\u2026 : Fewer and fewer chances for Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 to play for Serbia, here is what his father Pe\u0111a Stojakovi\u0107 did!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Talented basketball player Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 is entering the NBA draft this summer, and before that, a final decision awaits him on which national team he will represent. We know that the struggle between Serbia and Greece over the son of Pe\u0111a Stojakovi\u0107 has been going on for years, and as things stand now, it is more likely that he will turn down our national team.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A step toward the final decision was made over the weekend in the USA, and everything suggests that Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 will wear the jersey of Greece. His father, Pe\u0111a Stojakovi\u0107, held a meeting on Saturday with the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Isidoros Kouvelos, and also boasted of a joint photo, which means that nothing is being done in secret, but rather it is being hinted that Stojakovi\u0107 junior should wear the &#8220;Hellenes&#8221; jersey as early as this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info-en wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info-en\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Xa6kPAPivc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/replaced-boots-with-a-laboratory-viktorija-from-nis-received-her-doctorate-in-chemistry-in-the-usa-she-was-the-captain-of-the-national-football-team\/\">REPLACED BOOTS WITH A LABORATORY: Viktorija from Ni\u0161 received her doctorate in chemistry in the USA, she was the captain of the national football team!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;REPLACED BOOTS WITH A LABORATORY: Viktorija from Ni\u0161 received her doctorate in chemistry in the USA, she was the captain of the national football team!&#8221; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info EN\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/replaced-boots-with-a-laboratory-viktorija-from-nis-received-her-doctorate-in-chemistry-in-the-usa-she-was-the-captain-of-the-national-football-team\/embed\/#?secret=5VGsHUGQwb#?secret=Xa6kPAPivc\" data-secret=\"Xa6kPAPivc\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They discussed many topics, including Andrej&#8217;s fate, and as is known, the young basketball player holds a Greek passport because of his mother, while he was also born in Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is interesting that, before the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, the Stojakovi\u0107 family also spoke with the legendary Nikos Zisis, who also pointed out that the basketball federation there has a plan for Andrej Stojakovi\u0107, and everything suggests that he could wear the jersey during the summer &#8220;window&#8221; of the World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/pali-zbog-14-tendera-i-2-5-miliona-evra-cetvoro-uhapsenih-u-novom-sadu-medju-njima-i-stric-nikole-jokica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FELL BECAUSE OF 14 TENDERS AND 2.5 MILLION EUROS: Four arrested in Novi Sad, among them the uncle of Nikola Joki\u0107!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/here-is-why-serbia-is-without-a-water-polo-head-coach-the-new-president-of-the-federation-criticized-the-results-of-the-olympic-and-european-champions-and-added-one-blackmail-to-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HERE IS WHY SERBIA IS WITHOUT A WATER POLO HEAD COACH: The new president of the federation criticized the results of the Olympic and European champions, and added one blackmail to that\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/now-she-has-every-trophy-tijana-boskovic-won-the-champions-league-also-named-mvp-of-the-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NOW SHE HAS EVERY TROPHY: Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 won the Champions League, also named MVP of the final!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-more-they-have-the-less-they-pay-the-state-belgrade-on-water-owes-as-much-as-165-million-euros-in-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE MORE THEY HAVE, THE LESS THEY PAY THE STATE: Belgrade on water owes as much as 165 million euros in taxes!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/motive-for-the-brutal-murder-of-serbian-miss-in-switzerland-revealed-her-wealthy-husband-killed-kristina-ground-up-parts-of-her-body-then-left-them-in-a-bag-for-her-father-to-find\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MOTIVE FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF SERBIAN MISS IN SWITZERLAND REVEALED: Her wealthy husband killed Kristina, ground up parts of her body, then left them in a bag for her father to find!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong>: <\/strong>Mondo,<strong>Photo<\/strong>: Instagram\/Hellenic_Olympic_committe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talented basketball player Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 is entering the NBA draft this summer, and before that, a final decision awaits him on which national team he will represent. We know that the struggle between Serbia and Greece over the son of Pe\u0111a Stojakovi\u0107 has been going on for years, and as things stand now, it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":209050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3796,1517,6529,190,3797,113],"class_list":["post-209049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-andrej-stojakovic","tag-kosarka-3","tag-mundobasket","tag-nba","tag-peda-stojakovic","tag-srbija","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209120,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209049\/revisions\/209120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}