Dušan Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Шакота, Greek: Ντούσαν Σάκοτα Ntousan Sakota, born 22 April 1986) is a Serbian-Greek former professional basketball player.

In 2003, Šakota signed his first professional contract, with the Greek club Panathinaikos, which was coached by Željko Obradović at the time.

On 25 April 2010, Šakota suffered a superficially light injury, after contact with Giuseppe Poeta in a screen during a game versus Teramo.

[3][4] Following an incorrect initial medical diagnosis, which led to an equally wrong surgery the next day, he fell into a coma, caused by septicæmia.

In the summer of 2011, after a year of recovery from severe septicæmia, Šakota joined the Belgian League club Oostende.

[9] With AEK, he was named to the European-wide 3rd-tier level Basketball Champions League's Star Lineup Second Best Team, of the 2016–17 season.

Šakota holds dual citizenship; Serbian (former Yugoslav) by birth, and Greek, because he's been permanently living in Greece, since his young childhood.

He was a member of the Greek junior national team that won the bronze medal at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.