Marko Basa

Marko Basa (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Баша, pronounced [maːrko baːʃa]; born 29 December 1982) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Club Career

Lille

On 23 June 2011, Basa returned to France after three years in Russia with Lokomotiv Moscow, signing a contract with 2010–11 Ligue 1 champions Lille.

He is first choice for centre back. He scored his first goal for Lille against Olympique de Marseille in Trophee 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

Basa won Olympic qualification by finishing runner-up at 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

He was part of the Serbia and Montenegro 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

Basa capped a total of three times for Serbia and Montenegro in 2005. All were friendlies.

In the years after the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, Basa'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) 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".

This page also has a version in other languages :  Марко Баша (russian)