HANDBALL PLAYER

Mirko Bašić

1960 - Today

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Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960) is a Croatian former handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in 1984–85 and 1985–86 as part of the famous RK Metaloplastika which dominated European handball in the 1980s (often referred to as Handball Aliens). Bašić was a big influence on Thierry Omeyer, who is regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in handball history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirko Bašić has received more than 35,885 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mirko Bašić is the 75th most popular handball player (down from 53rd in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 329th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Croatian Handball Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Mirko Bašić ranks 75 out of 420. Before him are Guillaume Gille, Günther Ortmann, Luc Abalo, Magnus Andersson, Ola Lindgren, and Franz Berghammer. After him are Bruno Gudelj, Lars Christiansen, Siegfried Powolny, Slavko Goluža, Erich Schmitt, and Dragan Škrbić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Mirko Bašić ranks 507. Before him are Stéphane Freiss, Ioan Andone, Christian Prudhomme, Alice Brown, Fritz Walter, and Jean-Philippe Durand. After him are Kin Endate, Ahmed Shobair, Oliveira Gonçalves, Comandanta Ramona, Adrienne King, and Natalia Bestemianova.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Mirko Bašić ranks 405 out of 700. Before him are Mirza Džomba (1977), Miloš Hrstić (1955), Ivan Radeljić (1980), Branko Miljuš (1960), Iva Majoli (1977), and Zdravko Hebel (1943). After him are Bruno Gudelj (1966), Milan Borjan (1987), Marko Pjaca (1995), Milan Badelj (1989), Marko Livaja (1993), and Mirko Hrgović (1979).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Croatia

Among handball players born in Croatia, Mirko Bašić ranks 4. Before him are Ivano Balić (1979), Albin Vidović (1943), and Mirza Džomba (1977). After him are Bruno Gudelj (1966), Domagoj Duvnjak (1988), Igor Vori (1980), Alvaro Načinović (1966), Petar Metličić (1976), Ivan Čupić (1986), Patrik Ćavar (1971), and Nenad Kljaić (1966).

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