Dušan Basta

Dušan Basta

Basta in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Dušan Basta
Date of birth	18 August 1984
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right back / Right winger
Club information
Current team	Lazio
Number	8
Youth career
1992–1997	PKB Padinska Skela
1997–2002	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2008	Red Star Belgrade	97	(3)
2003–2004	→ Jedinstvo Ub (loan)	27	(9)
2008–2014	Udinese	105	(9)
2008–2009	→ Lecce (loan)	7	(0)
2014–	Lazio	49	(0)
National team^‡
2005–2007	Serbia U21	18	(0)
2005–	Serbia	17	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2015

Dušan Basta (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Баста; born 18 August 1984) is a Serbian professional football player who plays for Italian club Lazio. He often plays as a right fullback. Basta was a non-playing member of the Serbia and Montenegro squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early years

The first football step Basta made was when he was eight – in local football club PKB from Padinska Skela, the suburb where he lived and where he was born. He then signed for Red Star aged thirteen, becoming a part of one of the most talented generations in the history of Red Star's youth academy.

Red Star Belgrade

Basta signed his first professional contract at the age of 17, when he together with a few teammates from Red Star's youth team broke out into the senior squad. He made his professional debut on his 18th birthday (18 August 2002) in a 1–0 defeat from Sutjeska in Nikšić, Montenegro. In following second season, he played on loan in Jedinstvo Ub (along with Aleksandar Luković and Boško Janković). Over the season Basta displayed great technique, skills, and pass accuracy and very soon he became one of the most important players for Red Star Belgrade. In April 2005 Basta suffered an injury which kept him out of football for five months. By the end of his spell at Red Star, Basta won six trophies with Red Star Belgrade, including three domestic doubles.

Udinese

In July 2008 he moved from Red Star Belgrade to Udinese. He played in pre-season friendlies. However, Udinese did not wish to allocate one of the two non-EU registration quota on Basta, and Basta moved to Lecce on loan from Red Star Belgrade,^[1] in order to borrow the quota from Lecce, likes his team-mate and countryman Aleksandar Luković.

After returning to Udinese in summer 2009, he became the starting right wingback soon after the season started instead of his usual midfield position. He made his debut on 23 September 2009 against A.C. Milan, replacing Mauricio Isla after 27 minutes. Udinese won the match 1–0. After injuries to Simone Pepe, he played as a right-sided midfielder in their 3–5–2 formation for a few matches. Basta was later injured and missed the whole 2010–11 Serie A season, meaning that Mauricio Isla secured Basta's place in the team.

Basta made his return after 18 months on 11 September, the first gameweek of the 2011–12 Serie A season. In that match the coach Francesco Guidolin rested Isla, using Basta as the right wingback in their 3–5–2 formation. He scored a goal, beating Lecce 2–0. In the next match, the first group stage match of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, Basta returned to the bench. On 6 November 2011, Basta scored the first goal in a 2–1 victory against Siena. On 11 December 2011, the Serb headed in Udinese's second goal in a 2–1 victory against Chievo. He then scored a powerful shot against struggling Cesena.

Lazio

Basta signed with Lazio on 23 June 2014 in a temporary deal, with an obligation to buy.^[2][3] Eventually Basta cost Lazio €10.5 million.^[4]

International career

Basta debuted for his country against Spain on 31 March 2005.^[5] He substituted Ognjen Koroman in 77 minutes. He collected his second cap in Tunisia.^[6] He was in Serbia and Montenegro team for World Cup in Germany, but he did not play.

For U21's selection of Serbia he played 18 games and he played on two European Under-21 Football Championship, First time in Portugal 2006 he reached semifinal, second time he became losing finalists in the Netherlands 2007. He was called up by the caretaker of the Serbia national football team, Radovan Ćurčić, for two friendly matches, against Mexico and Honduras, as a replacement for the injured Neven Subotić. Shortly after being called up, he suffered an injury. Ćurčić called up Nemanja Tomić, Adem Ljajić and Andrija Kaluđerović instead.

Personal life

Basta originates from a Serb family in Udbina, Croatia. His godbrother is Nenad Nikolić.

Career statistics

Club

As of May 2016^[7]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Red Star Belgrade	2002–03	12	0	?	?	1	0	–		13	0
	2003–04	1	0	?	?	0	0	–		1	0
Jedinstvo Ub (loan)	2003–04	27	9	?	?	0	0	–		27	9
Red Star Belgrade	2004–05	23	2	?	?	5	0	–		28	2
	2005–06	25	0	?	?	6	1	–		31	1
	2006–07	16	0	0	0	4	0	–		20	0
	2007–08	20	1	0	0	9	1	–		29	2
	Total	97	3	?	?	25	2	–		122	5
Lecce (loan)	2008–09	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Udinese	2009–10	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	2010–11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2011–12	31	5	1	0	7	0	0	0	39	5
	2012–13	28	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	33	2
	2013–14	30	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	34	4
	Total	105	9	2	0	16	2	0	0	123	11
Lazio	2014–15	27	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	33	1
	2015–16	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
	Total	49	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	56	1
Career total		285	21	8	1	42	4	0	0	335	26

International

As of match played 29 March 2015

Serbian national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2005	1	0
2006	1	0
2007	0	0
2008	0	0
2009	0	0
2010	0	0
2011	0	0
2012	3	0
2013	7	2
2014	4	0
2015	1	0
Total	17	2

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 February 2013	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–3	1–3	Friendly
2.	15 October 2013	Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina, Serbia	Macedonia	2-0	5–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2005–06, 2006–07
• Serbian Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07

See also

• Nenad Srećković

References

1. "Lecce lure Basta from Udinese". skysports. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
2. "Basta potpisao četvorogodišnji ugovor sa Lacijom". novosti.rs (in Serbian). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
3. "Calcio Mercato Squadre (Lazio)" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014.
4. "RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA SEMESTRALE CONSOLIDATA AL 31 DICEMBRE 2015" (PDF) (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
5. "Petkovic puts faith in new faces". UEFA.com. 2005-03-20. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
6. "Petković names squad for Tunisia test". UEFA.com. 2006-02-24. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
7. "D.Basta". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

External links

• Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009–10 (Italian)
• Profile at Football.it (Italian)
• Dušan Basta at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at reprezentacija.rs (Serbian) (English)