Sinisa Mihajlovic

Sinisa Mihajlovic has died. He had been battling with leukaemia since 2019.

His most recent job was his second spell in charge of Bologna. He fought bravely against a horrible disease. He also managed a host of teams, including AC Milan.

ROME — Siniša Mihajlović, a former standout soccer player in his native Serbia and then Italy who became a popular coach in Serie A, has died after a long ...

“The Serie A league is deeply pained by the death of Siniša Mihajlović,” the Italian league tweeted. A full-back and free kick specialist, Mihajlović was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. He also won Serie A as a player with Lazio in 2000 and was on the Inter Milan team that was given the 2006 Serie A title after Juventus was stripped of the honor for the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.

Sinisa Mihajlovic, who helped Red Star Belgrade win the European Cup in 1991 and went on to manage Serie A clubs including AC Milan and Bologna, has…

“Football has lost too soon a champion of Europe and the world, one of the best performers of free kicks in the history of football, player, coach and selector, a man who left a deep mark in the history of Serbian and Italian football with his career.” In a statement posted on their website, the Serbian FA wrote: “Sad news for Serbian football, the region, Europe and the football world – Sinisa Mihajlovic has passed away. Sinisa Mihajlovic, who helped Red Star Belgrade win the European Cup in 1991 and went on to manage Serie A clubs including AC Milan and Bologna, has died at the age of 53, the Football Association of Serbia has confirmed.

The football world is in mourning after Lazio legend and former Fiorentina and Milan manager Sinisa Mihajlovic lost his battle with cancer on Friday.

The notable defender and midfielder celebrated in Italy's Serie A as a freekick specialist died after a battle with leukaemia, his family said in a ...

In Sampdoria, he became the darling of coach Sven Goran Eriksson, who deployed him at the centre of his defence. The local Croats -- who fought for their independence -- and pro-Belgrade ethnic Serb forces razed the city to the ground. "I never play to lose, in football as well as in life. "This time the taste (of me leaving) makes me sadder," Mihajlović wrote in a statement after his firing, thanking his "brothers and fellow citizens" for "three and a half years of football, of life, of tears, of joy and of pain." Born in Vukovar to a Croat mother and a Serb father, Miha or simply Siniša -- as he was known to his fans -- was a football wunderkind who earned himself a spot on the Yugoslav national team and a transfer to the country's giants, Red Star Belgrade, by the age of 21. That season, Red Star won the Champions League, with Mihajlović playing a key role -- first against Bayern Munich in the semifinal, where his freekick secured the Belgrade outfit a spot in the finals, and then helping his team reach the very top of European football in the game against Olympic Marseille.

Sinisa Mihajlovic has been remembered as "an icon of football and life" after his death at the age of 53 was announced on Saturday (AEDT).

He could operate in midfield but played mostly as a defender, making 63 international appearances and scoring 10 goals. His courage on the pitch was second only to that shown in the face of a serious illness, which never weakened him in spirit and temper. Our deepest condolences to the family."

The Serbian soccer legend had been forced him to work from the hospital for the last few months while he was coaching Bologna FC, his last club as a manager. As ...

He was friends with a lot of soccer players and managers and had a particular friendship with his own former manager Vujadin Boskov, and he always considered him as an example to follow since he started his coaching career. He lived through the consequences of the war in the 1990's in Yugoslavia and was also criticized for his relation with Serbian paramilitary leader Zeljko Raznatovic, better known as Arkan who he knew since his time at Red Star Belgrade. He decided to surprise his team and the whole soccer community and was on the bench for the first match of the 2019-20 season against Hellas Verona, despite his physical condition. We were winning 2-0 (against Brescia) there were 15 minutes left to go, I approached the bench and asked the coach to put him on". He was famous for his incredible left foot and thundering direct free kicks. The Serbian soccer legend had been forced him to work from the hospital for the last few months while he was coaching Bologna FC, his last club as a manager.

FIFA have paid hommage to Sinisa Mihajlovic, who died this Friday because of leukemia at the mere age of 53. Because of his death, there was a minute's ...

Because of his death, there was a minute's silence at the start of the second and final day of the Legends Cup which is taking place in Doha. What is more, there was a touching minute's silence at the Doha Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex, where there has been a legends tournaments since this Thursday, with a photo of Mihajlovic on the score-boards. [died in a hospital in Rome agd 53](https://www.besoccer.com/new/serie-a-legend-sinisa-mihajlovic-dies-at-53-1212771) because of leukemia which he had had since 2019.

Siniša Mihajlović, who played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Yugoslavia, has passed away this December 13, 2022 at the age of 53.

In 2012 he took charge of Serbia's national team to try to qualify for Brazil 2014. “I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Siniša Mihajlović, one of Serbia's most celebrated footballers and coaches. He was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia in 2019.

Sinisa Mihajlovic, who played for and coached numerous Serie A teams and was famed for his spectacular free kicks, died of cancer on Friday.

[AS Roma](/football/team?id=104) and went on to play for Sampdoria, Lazio and Inter. He made his name as part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. "You fought like a lion on the pitch and in life ...

ROME (AP) — Siniša Mihajlović, a former standout soccer player in his native Serbia and then Italy who became a popular coach in Serie A, has died after a ...

“The Serie A league is deeply pained by the death of Siniša Mihajlović,” the Italian league tweeted. A full-back and free kick specialist, Mihajlović was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. He also won Serie A as a player with Lazio in 2000 and was on the Inter Milan team that was given the 2006 Serie A title after Juventus was stripped of the honor for the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.

Sinisa Mihajlovic, who helped Red Star Belgrade win the European Cup in 1991 and went on to manage Serie A clubs including AC Milan and Bologna, has…

“Football has lost too soon a champion of Europe and the world, one of the best performers of free kicks in the history of football, player, coach and selector, a man who left a deep mark in the history of Serbian and Italian football with his career.” In a statement posted on their website, the Serbian FA wrote: “Sad news for Serbian football, the region, Europe and the football world – Sinisa Mihajlovic has passed away. Sinisa Mihajlovic, who helped Red Star Belgrade win the European Cup in 1991 and went on to manage Serie A clubs including AC Milan and Bologna, has died at the age of 53, the Football Association of Serbia has confirmed.

The Serbian manager was diagnosed with the disease in 2019 and had continued as Bologna coach up until the start of the 2022-23 season as he managed his ...

'You have been described as an iron sergeant, you have shown that you have a big heart. You are and will always be a winner. You fought like a lion, you will always stay by my side. Former Italy and Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo, who played under Mihajlovic as his manager also paid tribute, by tweeting: 'You fought on the pitch and in life with determination and dignity. [tributes from across the football world](/sport/football/article-11546481/Franco-Baresi-leads-tributes-Sinisa-Mihajlovic-following-passing-leukaemia.html), and his long association with Italian football has left [ an earthquake of emotions reverberating across the country](/sport/football/article-11546977/Sinisa-Mihajlovics-death-created-earthquake-emotions-Italy-Bologna.html). The Serbian manager was diagnosed with the disease in 2019 and had continued as Bologna coach up until the start of the 2022-23 season as he managed his condition, before leaving his role.

Mihajlović is regarded as one of the best free-kick takers in football history –– but he still had to fight for the honour of taking them.

In truth, after going to such lengths to take the free-kick, it was a rather feeble attempt from the Brazilian, especially given he’d taken the chance away from one of the best free-kick takers in the world. And who knows, had he been given the chance to take the second free-kick, the defender may well have netted a hat-trick of set-pieces. [Inter](https://www.givemesport.com/inter-milan) teammate Adriano, in order to decide who received the honour of taking a free-kick against [Roma](https://www.givemesport.com/as-roma). To be fair, Adriano was also more than capable of scoring from distance and thus became engaged in a friendly debate with Mihajlović over the right to take the free-kick. Siniša Mihajlović is regarded as one of the best free-kick takers in football history –– but he still had to fight for the honour of taking them. Indeed, the ex-Yugoslavia star scored countless screamers over the course of his career and once played a game of rock-paper-scissors back in 2005 with former