Predrag “Peja” Stojaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Стојаковић - Пеђа; born June 9, 1977 in Požega) is a Serbian basketball player currently playing for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Stojaković is often considered to be one of the most successful basketball players ever to come out of Serbia.
Stojaković was born to Serbian parents, Miodrag and Branka Stojaković, in Slavonska Požega, SR Croatia, SFR Yugosla...
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Predrag “Peja” Stojaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Стојаковић - Пеђа; born June 9, 1977 in Požega) is a Serbian basketball player currently playing for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Stojaković is often considered to be one of the most successful basketball players ever to come out of Serbia.
Stojaković was born to Serbian parents, Miodrag and Branka Stojaković, in Slavonska Požega, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia but his family fled to Belgrade during the Yugoslav wars.
Additionally he also acquired Greek citizenship in 1993 because of having Hellenic ancestry, as a requirement to play in Greece. In his Greek passport his Hellenic familyname is Kinis.
He is married to Greek model Aleka Kamila,and has two children with her: Andrej and Mila.
Peja, as he was called during his time in PAOK BC, scored a memorable last-second three-pointer against Olympiacos in Piraeus in the Greek playoff semi-finals series, virtually winning the match 58-55 for PAOK....
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