Ivo Basay


Ivo Alexie Basay Hatibović is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a striker.
Apart from being a regular choice for the football team">association football">football team in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Basay played club football for Magallanes, Curicó Unido, Everton, Colo Colo, Stade Reims, Necaxa and Boca Juniors. He is of Bosniak descent.
On 12 April 2012, amid club president Hernan Levy's departure and head coach Basay's dismissal, Colo Colo looks to regain its confidence under interim head coach Luis Pérez.

International career

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 June 1987Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru2–13–1Friendly
2.3 July 1987Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba, Argentina1–04–01987 Copa América
3.3 July 1987Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba, Argentina3–04–01987 Copa América
4.13 August 1989Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile1–11–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.14 July 1995Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay1–02–21995 Copa América
6.14 July 1995Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay2–02–21995 Copa América

Managerial career

In June 2025, Basay was appointed as the manager of Magallanes.

Personal life

During a radio interview with a Buenos Aires sports show, Basay declared his admiration of Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet. At the end of the interview Basay was asked rapid-fire, one-phrase questions. He was asked by the host of the Radio Sports Show "De Caño vale doble" of AM 770 Radio in Buenos Aires, what was his impression of Pinochet. Basay answered that Pinochet was necessary at a time in Chilean history.
Basay is of Croat descent.
After managing Ñublense in 2015, he decided to stop his activity in football to spend time with his grandson. In 2018, he returned to football after joining Canal del Fútbol (CDF) as a football commentator. In October of the same year, he left that work to manage Palestino.

Honours

Club

As player

;Necaxa
;Colo-Colo
;Individual

As manager

;Palestino