Josip Bašić

Josip Bašić
Personal information
Date of birth	2 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Split, Croatia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right back / Right winger
Youth career
2004–2007	Primorac Stobreč
2007–2009	Omladinac Vranjic
2010–2013	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2020	Hajduk Split
2014–2019	→ Hajduk Split B
International career‡
2010	Croatia U14
2010–2011	Croatia U15
2012	Croatia U16
2011–2013	Croatia U17
2014–2015	Croatia U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2015

Josip Bašić (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip bâʃitɕ];^[1]^[2] born 2 March 1996) is a former Croatian professional footballer who played as a right back or right winger. He spent his whole career playing for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL. ^[3]He is notable for becoming the youngest debutant in league history in 2012.

Club career

Bašić joined Hajduk Split's youth academy in 2010, aged 13, after stints at Primorac Stobreč and Omladinac Vranjic. A regular Croatian youth international he established himself as the right wing of choice for the under-17 team at the beginning of the 2011–12 season, aged only 15, even playing some games for the under-19 team, both as a winger and a right back, towards the end of the season. He was called up to the first team for the game against Dinamo Zagreb on 29 September 2012, starting on the bench, but making his debut by entering for Marko Bencun in the 57th minute, thus becoming the youngest debutant in league history at just 16 years 6 months and 27 days of age.

Bašić scored his first goal for Hajduk's senior team in the national league in November 2013, against Slaven Belupo.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Throughout his tenure at the club, Bašić was plagued by a string of injuries, which ultimately resulted in Hajduk releasing Bašić after his contract expired on June 30, 2020.^[7]

International career

Bašić captained the Croatia national under-17 football team at the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. The Croatian U-17 side had quality players such as Alen Halilović, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Ivo Grbić, Robert Murić and Fran Brodić but were ultimately unable to make it out of the group stage finishing 5th at the tournament. Bašić later managed to qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup but could not play do to injury.^[8]

References

^ "Jòsip". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Jòsip
^ "bȁš²". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Bȁšić
^ Bašić, Blažević i Vučur istekom ugovora napustili Hajduk at Nogometplus.net
^ Duplančić, Blaž (25 September 2012). "Senzacionalno: Krstičević pozvao kadeta Josipa Bašića za Dinamo!". dalmacijanews.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ Duplančić, Blaž (26 September 2012). "Bašić ide na specijalan liječnički pregled radi prava nastupa". dalmacijanews.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ Rupnik, Borna; Gašparac, Maj (29 September 2012). "Video: Hajduk propustio vodstvo iz 33. sekunde, Sammir u preokret ugradio dva gola". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ Bašić, Blažević i Vučur istekom ugovora napustili Hajduk at Nogometplus.net
^ [1] at Nogometplus.net