Mirko Bašić

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| name = Mirko Bašić

| image = Mirko Bašić - OM Vitrolles Handball hebdo 1993-1-11 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Bašić with French club OM Vitrolles in 1993

| fullname = Mirko Bašić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|9|14}}

| birth_place = Bjelovar, FPR Yugoslavia

| death_date =

| nationality = Croatian

| height = {{height|m=1.88|precision=0}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber = 1

| youthyears1 = 1972–1976

| youthclubs1 = Partizan Bjelovar

| years1 = 1976–1980

| clubs1 = Partizan Bjelovar

| years2 = 1980–1989

| clubs2 = Metaloplastika Šabac

| years3 = 9-12/1988

| clubs3 = Medveščak Zagreb

| years4 = 1/1989–1991

| clubs4 = Vénissieux

| years5 = 1991–1993

| clubs5 = OM Vitrolles

| years6 = 1993–1996

| clubs6 =

| years7 = 1996–2001

| clubs7 = Badel 1862 Zagreb

| years8 = 2001–2002

| clubs8 = Medveščak Infosistem

| years9 = 2002

| clubs9 = Zagreb

| years10 = 2003

| clubs10 = Fotex Veszprém

| nationalyears1 = 1979–1981

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1979–1991

| nationalteam2 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps2 = 133

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1992–2000

| nationalteam3 = Croatia

| nationalcaps3 = 47

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| titleyears1 =

| titleplace1 =

| manageryears1 = 2003

| managerclubs1 = Croatia (GK coach)

| manageryears2 = 2003–2010

| managerclubs2 = RK Zagreb (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2018

| managerclubs3 = Croatia (GK coach)

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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).{{cite web |url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.297.html:585163-Vanzemaljci-glume-sami-sebe |title="Vanzemaljci" glume sami sebe |publisher=novosti.rs |accessdate=19 February 2018 }}

Bašić was a big influence on Thierry Omeyer, who is regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in handball history.{{cite web |url=http://www.24sata.hr/sport/legendarni-omeyer-mirko-basic-mi-je-bio-inspiracija-199213 |title=Thierry Omeyer: Mirko Bašić mi je bio velika inspiracija |publisher=24 sata |accessdate=31 October 2016 }}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.balkan-handball.com/balkan/36688/|title=Mirko Bašić: Hrvatska bez mnogih zlata zbog golmana|publisher=balkan-handball.com |accessdate=19 February 2018 }} 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,{{Cite web |language=fr |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9672817v/f107.item |title=Mirko Bašić : un joyau venu de l'Est |series=Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral #246 |publisher=Fédération Française de Handball |pages=102–104 |date=January 1989 |accessdate=26 March 2021}} with whom he won the 1991 cup. Then he joined the wealthy emerging OM Vitrolles in 1991{{Cite web |language=fr |url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/21364 |title=Mirko Basic, en partance pour l'OM Vitrolles |publisher=L'Humanité |date=24 April 1991 |accessdate=26 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://os-prva-bj.skole.hr/literarno_novinarski_kutak?news_id=952|title=Mirko Bašić|publisher=os-prva-bj.skole.hr|accessdate=19 February 2018 }} After a season and half in RK Medveščak he ended his career in 2003 at Fotex Veszprém.{{cite web |url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-20-27365.html|title=Ein großer Torwart: Mirko Basic feiert seinen 50. Geburtstag|publisher=handball-world.com|accessdate=19 February 2018 }}

File:Mirko Basic Hand-ball bulletin federal 1989-1-1.jpg

Personal life

He is the father of professional handball player Sonja Bašić.

Honours

=Player=

;Partizan Bjelovar

Yugoslav First League (2): 1976–77, 1978–79

;Metaloplastika Šabac

Yugoslav First League (7): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
Yugoslav Cup (3): 1983, 1984, 1986
European Champions Cup (2): 1984–85, 1985–86, finalist (1): 1983–84

;Medveščak Zagreb

Yugoslav Cup (1): 1990

;Vénissieux

French First League runner's up (2): 1990–91 and 1991–92
Coupe de France (1): 1991

;Vitrolles

French First League runner-up (2): 1991–92 and 1992–93
Coupe de France (1): 1993
Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1993, finalist (1): 1994

;Badel 1862 Zagreb

Croatian First League (5): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
Croatian Cup (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
EHF Champions League finalist (3): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–1999

;Fotex Veszprém

Hungarian First League (1): 2002–03
Magyar Kupa (1): 2003

;Individual

{{citation needed span|Best goalkeeper in the world: 1982, 1986|date=March 2021}}

=Assistant Coach=

;RK Zagreb

Croatian First League (7): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Croatian Cup (7): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
IHF Cup Winners' Cup finalist (1): 2005

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929170244/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BASICMIR01 Olympic database profile]
[http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2002-03/player/506325/Mirko+Basic European profile]
[http://www.hoo.hr/hr/sportasi/biografije-sportasa?filterime=mirko&filterprezime=&idsportas=&filtersport=&filternatjecanja=&idsportas=19947 Croatian Olympic Profile]

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