Marko Baša (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Марко Баша) (born December 29, 1982 in Trstenik, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin football player who currently plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

[edit] Career

[edit] International career

[edit] 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.

[edit] Serbia-Montenegro

Baša has capped for Serbia-Montenegro in 2005. All were friendlies.

Since the dissolution of Serbia-Montenegro state union, Baša's international loyalty remains unclear. He received a call-up from Serbia national team against Czech Republic on 16 August, 2006 (first match since Montenegro left the state union)^[1] 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.

[edit] 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 March 24, 2007 due to, as he said, "objective circumstances".^[2]

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.^[3]

Finally, Baša received a call-up from Montenegro for their friendly against Slovenia on August 22, 2007. Montenegro national team coach Zoran Filipović is on the record saying that Baša won't be receiving any more call-ups if he doesn't show up for Slovenia friendly. Baša not only failed to show up for the match, but apparently didn't even bother contacting the Montenegrin football federation officials.

In February 2009, new information appeared that Baša is considering appearing for Montenegro again if he gets a call up.^[4] He received a call-up against Italy in March 2009, and made his debut as starter.^[5][6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FootballDatabase provides Marko Baša's profile and stats
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• Marko Baša French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
• Marko Baša FIFA competition record
• (Montenegrin)Baša:Nikada se nijesam dvoumio oko Crne Gore
• (Serbian) reprezentacija.rs
• (Serbian) Baša za Srbiju!, Vecernje novosti, March 13, 2007
• (Serbian) Baša ipak Crnogorac, Vecernje novosti, March 15, 2007
• (Serbian) Baša zatvorio vrata crnogorske reprezentacije, Aug, 20, 2007