Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960 in

Bjelovar Bjelovar ( hu, Belovár, german: Bellowar, Kajkavian: ''Belovar'') is a city in central Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora County. At the 2021 census, there were 36,433 inhabitants, of whom 93.06% were Croats. History ...

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) is a former

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handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic 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 throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

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and in the

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. He has also played six

EHF Champions League The Men's 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 me ...

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 name t ...

which dominated

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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, 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 ...

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 clu ...

. 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

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

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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 French league 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 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 handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. They are one of the more famous branches of the Medveščak sports society, named after the Medveščak neighbourhood of Zagreb. They play in the sports and recreational centre ...

he ended his career in 2003 at Fotex Veszprém.

Personal life

He is the father of professional handball player

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Honours

Player

;Partizan Bjelovar *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

(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 *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

(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 () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

(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 *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

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

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

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

(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

Olympic database profileEuropean profileCroatian Olympic Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Basic, Mirko 1960 births Living people People from Bosilegrad Yugoslav male handball players Croatian male handball players Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in handball RK Zagreb players Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Mediterranean Games medalists in handball