Marko Baša
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marko Baša | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Trstenik, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lille | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2000 | Trstenik PPT | 35 | (25) |
2000–2005 | OFK Beograd | 81 | (4) |
2001 | → Proleter Zrenjanin (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Le Mans | 95 | (6) |
2008–2011 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 49 | (1) |
2011– | Lille | 126 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2005 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | (0) |
2009– | Montenegro | 37 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:01, 30 April 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2013 |
Marko Baša (Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Баша, born 29 December 1982) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a centre back for Lille in Ligue 1 and the Montenegro national team.
Club career
Lille
On 23 June 2011 Marko Baša returned to France after three years in Russia with Lokomotiv Moscow, signing a contract with 2010-11 Ligue 1 champions Lille.[1]
He is first choice for centre back. He scored his first goal for Lille against Olympique de Marseille in Trophée des champions. His team lost 4:5.
He scored his first goal in Ligue 1 for Lille on 23 October, against Olympique Lyonnais. His team won 3:1. He scored again in a 3:2 victory over Ajaccio on 3 December.
International career
U21
Baša won Olympic qualification by finished runner-up at 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
He was part of the Serbian and Montenegrin 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, finishing fourth in Group C behind gold-medal winners Argentina, Australia and Tunisia.
Serbia and Montenegro
Baša has capped for Serbia and Montenegro in 2005. All were friendlies. He has also played for Serbian and Montenegro national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In the years after the dissolution of Serbia-Montenegro state union, Baša's international loyalty remained unclear. He received a call-up from Serbia national team by head coach Javier Clemente for the away friendly against Czech Republic on 16 August 2006 (first match since Montenegro left the state union)[2] but did not show up - apparently because of an injury. Since then, his international loyalty was often a subject of press speculation, but he did not receive any more official call-ups from Serbia.
Montenegro
In March 2007 he was frequently quoted in Montenegrin press (namely Vijesti daily) saying that he wants to play for Montenegro, but he made himself unavailable for their inaugural match on 24 March 2007 due to, as he said, "objective circumstances".[3] Then, in late May he apparently did not respond to Montenegrin football officials' attempts to get in touch with him and as a result he wasn't included in the team that went to Japan to play in Kirin Cup.[4] Finally, Baša received a call-up from Montenegro for their friendly against Slovenia on 22 August 2007 but did not show up.
Only in February 2009, new information appeared that Baša is considering appearing for Montenegro again if he gets a call up after Montenegro national team coach Zoran Filipović insistence. He received a call-up against Italy in March 2009, and made his debut as starter.[5][6]
Personal life
Marko Baša was born in Trstenik, in central Serbia (at the time part of SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia). His father is from Rijeka Crnojevića.[7]
Marko and Miloš Krasić are close friends.
References
- ^ Marko Basa : "J'ai beaucoup d’ambition"
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- ^ "Biseri kojih smo se lako odrekli". Vijesti Online.
FSCG je nakon nešto više vremena obezbijedio da i Marko Baša zaigra za Crnu Goru, iako je rođen u Trsteniku. Baša je, doduše, iz Rijeke Crnojevića, njegova i želja njegovog oca da mu sin zaigra za Crnu Goru nikada nijesu bile sporne. Štoper moskovske Lokomotive sada je stub odbrane „crvenih", bez njega se tim ne može ni zamisliti.
External links
- FootballDatabase provides Marko Baša's profile and stats
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- Marko Baša – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Marko Baša – FIFA competition record (archived)
- (Montenegrin)Baša:Nikada se nijesam dvoumio oko Crne Gore
- Template:Sr icon reprezentacija.rs
- Template:Sr icon Baša za Srbiju!, Vecernje novosti, 13 March 2007
- Template:Sr icon Baša ipak Crnogorac, Vecernje novosti, 15 March 2007
- Template:Sr icon Baša zatvorio vrata crnogorske reprezentacije, 20 August 2007
- Use dmy dates from October 2012
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Trstenik, Serbia
- Serbia and Montenegro footballers
- Montenegrin footballers
- Montenegro international footballers
- Montenegrin expatriate footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro international footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro under-21 international footballers
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Serbia and Montenegro
- Association football defenders
- OFK Beograd players
- FK Proleter Zrenjanin players
- Le Mans FC players
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- Lille OSC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Russian Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Serbian expatriates in Montenegro
- Serbian people of Montenegrin descent
- Montenegrin people of Serbian descent