Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960) is a Croatian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed for

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

in the

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and in the

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. He has also played six

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

finals winning two in 1984–85 and 1985–86 as part of the famous

RK Metaloplastika RK Metaloplastika () is a Serbian handball club based in Šabac. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League. History The club itself dates back to 1958. They initially competed under the name Partizan. In 1970, the club changed its na ...

which dominated

European handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

in the 1980s (often referred to as ''Handball Aliens''). Bašić was a big influence on

Thierry Omeyer Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and Olympic ...

, who is regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in handball history.

Career

At the age of 16 Bašić debuted for

RK Partizan Bjelovar RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a team handball club from Bjelovar, Croatia formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the Croatian Handball Cup. During Communist Yugoslavia, the ...

. 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

. 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

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semi-final. Throughout the 1980s Bašić was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the

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. In 1989 he left

Šabac Šabac ( sr-Cyrl, Шабац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river ...

to go play for Medveščak Zagreb for one season. With club he won the

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that season. He moved to the French First League to

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in January 1989, with whom he won the 1991 cup. Then he joined the wealthy emerging OM Vitrolles in 1991 where he won the 1993

and in the same year was

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for the fourth time in a row. From 1993 to 1996 Bašić was in retirement from

. In 1996 he returned to the scene with

Badel 1862 Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb (, ) is a men's professional handball Sports club, club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League, Croatian Premier League and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb has won 38 national champ ...

where he played for five years winning five league and four cup titles also reaching the

final three times. After a season and half in

RK Medveščak Rukometni klub "Medveščak" is a team handball, handball club located in Zagreb, Croatia. They are one of the more famous branches of the Medveščak sports society, named after the Gornji Grad - Medveščak, Medveščak neighbourhood of Zagreb. ...

he ended his career in 2003 at Fotex Veszprém. Mirko Basic Hand-ball bulletin federal 1989-1-1

Personal life

He is the father of professional handball player Sonja Bašić.

Honours

Player

;Partizan Bjelovar *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

(2): 1976–77, 1978–79 ;Metaloplastika Šabac *

(7): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 *

(3): 1983, 1984, 1986 * European Champions Cup (2): 1984–85, 1985–86, finalist (1): 1983–84 ;Medveščak Zagreb *

(1): 1990 ;Vénissieux * French First League runner's up (2): 1990–91 and 1991–92 *

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(1): 1991 ;Vitrolles * French First League runner-up (2): 1991–92 and 1992–93 *

(1): 1993 *

(1): 1993, finalist (1): 1994 ;Badel 1862 Zagreb *

Croatian First League 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 ...

(5): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

(4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 *

finalist (3): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–1999 ;Fotex Veszprém * Hungarian First League (1): 2002–03 *

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(1): 2003 ;Individual *

Assistant Coach

;RK Zagreb *

(7): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

(7): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 * IHF Cup Winners' Cup finalist (1): 2005

References

External links

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