Josip Bašić (; born 2 March 1996) is a former Croatian professional

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who played as a

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. He spent his whole career playing for

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

in the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

. He is notable for becoming the youngest debutant in league history in 2012.

Club career

Bašić joined

's youth academy in 2010, aged 13, after stints at Primorac Stobreč and Omladinac Vranjic. A regular Croatian youth international he established himself as the right wing of choice for the under-17 team at the beginning of the 2011–12 season, aged only 15, even playing some games for the under-19 team, both as a winger and a right back, towards the end of the season. He was called up to the first team for the game against

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

on 29 September 2012, starting on the bench, but making his debut by entering for Marko Bencun in the 57th minute, thus becoming the youngest debutant in league history at just 16 years 6 months and 27 days of age. Bašić scored his first goal for Hajduk's senior team in the national league in November 2013, against Slaven Belupo. Throughout his tenure at the club, Bašić was plagued by a string of injuries, which ultimately resulted in Hajduk releasing Bašić after his contract expired on June 30, 2020.

International career

Bašić captained the

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at the

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. The Croatian U-17 side had quality players such as

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, Ivo Grbić,

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and

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but were ultimately unable to make it out of the group stage finishing 5th at the tournament. Bašić later managed to qualify for the

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but could not play do to injury.
at Nogometplus.net

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Josip Bašić
at hajduk.hr * 1996 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players Croatian Football League players Men's association football wingers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub