Mirko Bašić

Mirko Bašić
Personal information
Full name Mirko Bašić
Born (1960-09-14) 14 September 1960 (age 64)
Bjelovar, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Number 1
Youth career
Years Team
1972–1976
 Partizan Bjelovar
Senior clubs
Years Team
1976–1980
 Partizan Bjelovar
1980–1989
 Metaloplastika Šabac
9-12/1988
 Medveščak Zagreb
1/1989–1991
 Vénissieux
1991–1993
 OM Vitrolles
1996–2001
 Badel 1862 Zagreb
2001–2002
 Medveščak Infosistem
2002
 Zagreb
2003
 Fotex Veszprém
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981
 Yugoslavia U-21 17 (0)
1979–1991
 Yugoslavia 133 (0)
1992–2000
 Croatia 47 (0)
Teams managed
2003
 Croatia (GK coach)
2003–2010
 RK Zagreb (assistant)
2018
 Croatia (GK coach)
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Men's Handball
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1982 West Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 1986 Switzerland Team
World Championship U-21
Silver medal – second place 1979 Denmark & Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 1981 Portugal Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Casablanca Team
Representing  Croatia
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Portugal Coach
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Casablanca Team

Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960) is a Croatian former handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in 1984–85 and 1985–86 as part of the famous RK Metaloplastika which dominated European handball in the 1980s (often referred to as Handball Aliens).[1]

Bašić was a big influence on Thierry Omeyer who is regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in handball history.[2]

Career

At the age of 16 Bašić debuted for RK Partizan Bjelovar.

In 1984 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches as goalkeeper. Four years later he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal, playing five matches.

In 1985 and 1986 he was a member of European Champions Cup winning team of RK Metaloplastika. With Metaloplastika he also won 7 Yugoslav national titles. He also played an additional ECC final with the club and reached three more semi-finals and a Cup Winners' Cup semi-final. Throughout the 1980s Bašić was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the game.[3] In 1989 he left Šabac to go play for Medveščak Zagreb for one season. With club he won the Yugoslav Cup that season.

He moved to the French First League to Vénissieux handball in January 1989,[4] with whom he won the 1991 cup. Then he joined the wealthy emerging OM Vitrolles in 1991[5] where he won the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup and in the same year was French league for the fourth time in a row. From 1993 to 1996 Bašić was in retirement from handball.

In 1996 he returned to the scene with Badel 1862 Zagreb where he played for five years winning five league and four cup titles also reaching the EHF Champions League final three times.[6] After a season and half in RK Medveščak he ended his career in 2003 at Fotex Veszprém.[7]

Personal life

He is the father of professional handball player Sonja Bašić.

Honours

Player

Partizan Bjelovar
Metaloplastika Šabac
Medveščak Zagreb
Vénissieux
Vitrolles
Badel 1862 Zagreb
Fotex Veszprém
Individual

Assistant Coach

RK Zagreb

References

  1. ^ ""Vanzemaljci" glume sami sebe". novosti.rs. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Thierry Omeyer: Mirko Bašić mi je bio velika inspiracija". 24 sata. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Mirko Bašić: Hrvatska bez mnogih zlata zbog golmana". balkan-handball.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Mirko Bašić : un joyau venu de l'Est". Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral #246 (in French). Fédération Française de Handball. January 1989. pp. 102–104. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Mirko Basic, en partance pour l'OM Vitrolles" (in French). L'Humanité. 24 April 1991. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Mirko Bašić". os-prva-bj.skole.hr. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Ein großer Torwart: Mirko Basic feiert seinen 50. Geburtstag". handball-world.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.