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{{short description|Montenegrin footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Marko Baša
| image          = Iran vs. Montenegro 2014-05-26 (149).jpg
| image_size     = 195px
| caption        = Baša in 2014
| fullname       = <!-- If different-->
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1982|12|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Trstenik, Serbia|Trstenik]], [[SR Serbia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| height         = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Centre back]]
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 
| years1 = 1998–2000 
|clubs1 = Trstenik PPT                                          
|caps1 = 41  
|goals1 = 25
| years2 = 2000–2005 
|clubs2 = [[OFK Beograd]]                                       
|caps2 = 82  
|goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2001      
|clubs3 = → [[FK Proleter Zrenjanin|Proleter Zrenjanin]] (loan) 
|caps3 = 15  
|goals3 = 1
| years5 = 2005–2008 
|clubs5 = [[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]]                     
|caps5 = 99  
|goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2008–2011 
|clubs6 = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]              
|caps6 = 49  
|goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2011–2019     
|clubs7 = [[Lille OSC|Lille]]                                   
|caps7 = 164
|goals7 = 11
|totalcaps = 428
|totalgoals = 47
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalteam1  = [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
| nationalcaps1  = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2009–2017
| nationalteam2  = [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]]
| nationalcaps2  = 39
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Silver|[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship|UEFA Under-21 Championship]]|[[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2004]]}}
| club-update = 
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}}

'''Marko Baša''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Марко Баша}}, {{IPA|sh|mâːrko bǎːʃa|pron}}; born 29 December 1982) is a Montenegrin retired professional [[Association football|football]]er who played as a [[Defender (association football)|centre back]].

==Club career==
[[File:Iran vs. Montenegro 2014-05-26 (205).jpg|thumb|Marko Baša (5) playing for Montenegro in a friendly match against [[Iran national football team|Iran]] in May 2014.]]

===Lille===
On 23 June 2011, Baša returned to [[France]] after three years in [[Russia]] with [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]], signing a contract with [[2010–11 Ligue 1]] champions [[Lille OSC|Lille]].<ref>[http://www.losc.fr/actualite-foot-lille/reportages/marko-basa-jai-beaucoup-d%E2%80%99ambition Marko Basa : "J'ai beaucoup d’ambition"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222155923/http://www.losc.fr/actualite-foot-lille/reportages/marko-basa-jai-beaucoup-d%E2%80%99ambition |date=22 December 2014 }}</ref>

He is first choice for centre back. He scored his first goal for [[Lille OSC|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 [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]] on 3 December.

==International career==
===U21===
Baša won Olympic qualification by finishing runner-up at [[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship]].

He was part of the [[Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team|Serbia and Montenegro]] [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic]] football team that exited in the first round, finishing fourth in Group C behind gold-medal winners [[Argentina national under-23 football team|Argentina]], [[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia]] and [[Tunisia national under-23 football team|Tunisia]].

===Serbia and Montenegro===
Baša [[cap (sport)|capped]] a total of three times for [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]] in 2005. All were friendlies.<ref name="EU-football"/>

In the years after the dissolution of the [[state union]] of [[Serbia and Montenegro]], Baša's international loyalty remained unclear. He received a call-up from [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]] national team by head coach [[Javier Clemente]] for the away friendly against [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] on 16 August 2006 (first match since Montenegro left the state union)<ref>http://www.sport.novosti.rs/sadrzaj.php?kat=1&pkat=1&id_vest=5638 {{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 national football team|Montenegro]], but he made himself unavailable for their inaugural match on 24 March 2007 due to, as he said, "objective circumstances".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2007&mm=03&dd=15&nav_id=236737|title = Marko Baša će igrati za Crnu Goru}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafemontenegro.com/index.phtml?akcija=vijest&id=23700 |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 March 2009 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820023300/http://www.cafemontenegro.com/index.phtml?akcija=vijest&id=23700 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Finally, Baša received a call-up from Montenegro for their friendly against [[Slovenia national football team|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 national football team|Italy]] in March 2009, and made his debut as starter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fscg.co.me/20090322365/Vijesti-Selekcije/filipovi-pozvao-bau-i-beiraja.html |title=Filipović pozvao Bašu i Bećiraja &#124; Vijesti-Selekcije &#124; Fudbalski savez Crne Gore &#124; FSCG.co.me |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-date=20 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120043424/http://fscg.co.me/20090322365/Vijesti-Selekcije/filipovi-pozvao-bau-i-beiraja.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafemontenegro.com/index.php?group=17&news=68585|title = CDM - Cafe del Montenegro}}</ref> He earned a total of 39 caps, scoring 2 goals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Montenegro - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/monteg-recintlp.html |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref> His final international was a June 2017 [[friendly match]] against [[Iran national football team|Iran]].<ref name="EU-football">{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1363|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=2020-08-01}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Marko Baša was born in [[Trstenik, Serbia|Trstenik]], in central [[Serbia]] (at the time part of [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|SR Serbia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]).  His father is from [[Rijeka Crnojevića]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biseri kojih smo se lako odrekli|publisher=Vijesti Online|url=http://www.vijesti.me/sport/biseri-kojih-smo-se-lako-odrekli-3511|quote=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.|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402204309/http://www.vijesti.me/sport/biseri-kojih-smo-se-lako-odrekli-3511|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{NFT player|12887}}
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=1490 FootballDatabase provides Marko Baša's profile and stats]
* [http://arhiva.kurir-info.rs/Arhiva/2007/mart/07/SP-02-07032007.shtml arhiva.kurir-info.rs]
* {{LFP|id=basa-marko}}
* {{FIFA|210139}}
* [https://archive.today/20130416111914/http://www.novosti.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=13&status=jedna&vest=101034&datum=2007-03-15 Baša za Srbiju!] {{in lang|sr}}, Vecernje novosti, 13 March 2007
* [https://archive.today/20130416151041/http://www.novosti.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=13&status=jedna&vest=101140&datum=2007-03-15 Baša ipak Crnogorac] {{in lang|sr}}, Vecernje novosti, 15 March 2007
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsmondo.com/sport/vesti/text.php?vest=67559 |title=Baša zatvorio vrata crnogorske reprezentacije |language=sr |access-date=20 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005431/http://www.mtsmondo.com/sport/vesti/text.php?vest=67559 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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