Dušan Basta

Dušan Basta
Personal information
Date of birth 18 August 1984 (1984-08-18) (age 27)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right Back, Right Midfielder
Club information
Current club Udinese
Number 8
Youth career
PKB Padinska Skela
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2008 Red Star Belgrade 97 (3)
2003–2004 → Jedinstvo Ub (loan) 26 (7)
2008– Udinese 30 (3)
2008–2009 → Lecce (loan) 7 (0)
National team
2005–2006 Serbia and Montenegro 2 (0)
2006–2007 Serbia U-21 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:19, 21 December 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Dušan Basta (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Баста) (born 18 August 1984) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Udinese.

He has been in the under 21's selection of Serbia and has been named captain. He was a non-playing member of the Serbia & Montenegro squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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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

First professional contract he signed with 17 years, when he together with few teammates from youth team came in first team. For first team he debuted on his 18th birthday, August 2002 in defeat from Sutjeska in Nikšić(1:0). In the second season, he played on loan in Jedinstvo Ub (along with Aleksandar Luković). He emphasized himself with great technique skills and accuracy for long throws and very soon he became one of the most important players for Red Star Belgrade. In April 2005 he injured his left hand, the injury was so bad that he was not playing for five months. 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 wing-back 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 then 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 the 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 wing-back 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.

International career

For A team of Serbia he played two times. He debuted for his country against Spain on 31 March 2005.[2] He substituted Ognjen Koroman in 77 minutes. He collected his second cap in Tunisia.[3]

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 injury as well. Ćurčić called-up Nemanja Tomić, Adem Ljajić and Andrija Kaluđerović instead.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 18 December 2011
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2002–03 Red Star Belgrade First League 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2003–04 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003–04 Jedinstvo Ub (loan) Second League 26 7 0 0 0 0 26 7
2004–05 Red Star Belgrade First League 23 2 0 0 5 0 28 2
2005–06 Superliga 25 0 0 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
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
2008–09 Lecce (loan) Serie A 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009–10 Udinese 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12 13 2 0 0 5 0 18 2
League Cup Continental Total
Total Serbia 123 10 0 0 25 2 148 12
Italy 36 3 0 0 5 0 41 3
Career total 159 13 0 0 30 2 189 15

International statistics

References

  1. ^ "Lecce lure Basta from Udinese". skysports. 2008-09-01. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11854_4083015,00.html. Retrieved 2009-12-02. 
  2. ^ "Petkovic puts faith in new faces". UEFA.com. 2005-03-20. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=289601.html. Retrieved 2009-12-02. 
  3. ^ "Petković names squad for Tunisia test". UEFA.com. 2006-02-24. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=398507.html. Retrieved 2009-12-02. 

External links

Serbia and Montenegro squad – 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
Serbia squad – 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Runners-up
Serbia and Montenegro squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
Udinese Calcio – current squad