Mirko Bašić

Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960 in Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian handball player who competed 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]

Mirko Bašić
Personal information
Full name Mirko Bašić
Born (1960-09-14) 14 September 1960
Bjelovar, SFR 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
1989–1990
 Medveščak Zagreb
1990–1992
 Vénissieux
1992–1994
 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
Olympic medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Men's Handball
1984 Los Angeles Team
1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
1982 West Germany Team
1986 Switzerland Team
World Championship U-21
1979 Denmark & Sweden Team
1981 Portugal Team
Mediterranean Games
1983 Casablanca Team
Representing  Croatia
World Championship
2003 Portugal Coach
Mediterranean Games
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team

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. He played five matches as goalkeeper.

In 1985 and 1986 he was a member of European Champions Cup winning team of RK Metaloplastika. With RK 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 LNH to Vénissieux handball club, with whom he won the 1992 championship. Then he joined the wealthy emerging OM Vitrolles in 1992 and won the 1993 EHF Cup Winners' Cup and in 1994 his second French title. From 1994 to 1996 Bašić was in retirement from handball.[4]

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.[5] After a season and half in RK Medveščak he ended his career in 2003 at Fotex Veszprém.[6]

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
  • Best goalkeeper in the world: 1982, 1986

Assistant Coach
RK Zagreb
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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. "Et un, et deux, et trois podiums..." humanite.fr. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. "Mirko Bašić". os-prva-bj.skole.hr. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. "Ein großer Torwart: Mirko Basic feiert seinen 50. Geburtstag". handball-world.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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