Marco Basha is a famous Montenegrin footballer, winner of the youth continental championship. During his playing career he managed to play in eminent clubs, including Moscow “Locomotive”.
The beginning of a professional career
Basha Marco was born in December 1982 in the Serbian city of Trstenik in a mixed Serbian-Montenegrin family. The youth defender played for the youth teams of the local football club from 1990 to 1998. It was then that he signed his first professional contract with Prva Petoletka. Over the three seasons spent in the team, Basha played in 35 matches in which he scored an incredible number of goals for the defender - 25.
In 2000, Marco transferred to one of the most famous Serbian clubs - OFK. Here he plays for five seasons, one of them Basha held under a contract with Proletere.
After a successful performance at the Euro 2004 youth, a young Serbian defender began to be invited to more famous European clubs. After the contract with the OFK, Marco Bacha moved to the French Le Mans.
Performance in strong clubs
In the three years spent at Le Mans, Marco Bache 95 out on the field, noting 6 goals. With his modest team by French standards, he almost made his way to European competition. But the Serbian defender failed to reserve a place in the first team.
In 2008, Basha signed a contract with Moscow Lokomotiv, in which he spent three seasons. If in the first two he seriously competed for a place in the first team, then in 2011 due to injuries the defender practically did not appear on the field. In total, the “Zheleznodorozhniki” Montenegrin played 49 matches and scored 1 goal.
Since 2011, Marco Bach is a football player of the French club Lille. Here he spent 6 seasons, played 155 fights, in which 11 times he forced opponents' goalkeepers to take the ball out of the net of their own goal. Also, as part of the Dogs, the defender twice (in 2012 and 2014) became the bronze medalist of the French League 1.
After the end of the 2016/17 season, Marco Basha decided to complete his professional career in football.
Career Team
Performances at the international level Marco Basha began in 2004 when he played for the youth team of Serbia and Montenegro. At the European championship, he, together with his team, managed to win silver medals, losing only in the final to peers from the Czech Republic.
A 22-year-old defender also went to the Olympic Games in Athens, but there his team could not leave the group.
After the collapse of Serbia and Montenegro into two separate states, Marco received an invitation to the first match of the Serbian national team, but he did not accept it. A year later, he was invited to the location of the Montenegrin team, Basha refused again. He explained his action by the fact that his father is a Serb and his mother is a Montenegrin, so he cannot choose which country he should defend the honor of. In this regard, a scandal erupted, and the national team coach Zoran Filipovich threatened the talented defender with the fact that he would no longer receive an invitation to the main team.
However, in 2009, after another invitation, Marco nevertheless agreed to play for Montenegro. He made his debut in a match against Italy, where he spent on the field all 90 minutes. From 2009 to 2017 Marco Basha played for the national team 37 fights, in which he scored 2 goals.