Ivo Alexis Basay Hatibovic (born April 13, 1966 in Santiago de Chile) is a retired football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 from Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, who played professional football for seventeen years. Apart from being a regular choice for the Chile national football team

Chile national football team

The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...

 in the late 1980s and early 1990s (24 caps, six goals), he played club football for Magallanes

Club Deportivo Magallanes

Deportes Magallanes are a Chilean Football club based in Maipu, Santiago. They currently play at the second level of Chilean football, the Primera B....

, Curicó Unido

Club Provincial Curicó Unido

Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. They currently play in the Primera B, the second level of the Chilean football system...

, Everton

Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar

Everton de Viña del Mar is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.The club was founded June 24, 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton that had just made a pioneering visit to South America.The club are...

, Colo Colo, Stade Reims

Stade Reims

Stade de Reims is a French association football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1911 under the name Société Sportive du Parc Pommery and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football having achieved promotion to the league following the 2009–10 season...

, Necaxa and Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

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. He is currently head coach of Colo Colo

Colo-Colo

Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

.

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.

Club

Colo-Colo

Colo-Colo

Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

• • Primera División de Chile: 1996, 1997, 1998
  • Copa Chile
    Copa Chile
    The Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...
    
    : 1996