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Siniša Mihajlović
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Serbian football player and manager (1969–2022)
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Siniša Mihajlović (Serbian: Синиша Михајловић) was a male association football player and coach born in Vukovar on February 20, 1969. He held citizenship in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia. As a player, he specialized as a defender and centre-back, competing in association football and padel. He participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. His club career included stints with SS Lazio, U.C. Sampdoria, FK Crvena zvezda, and FK Vojvodina.
Mihajlović later served as a coach for Bologna F.C. 1909, Sporting CP, Torino FC, and AC Milan. He received the Serbian Footballer of the Year award and honorary citizenship. He spoke Serbian and Italian and had five children. He died in Rome on December 16, 2022, from natural causes due to leukemia, having previously been diagnosed with the condition.
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Key facts
- 2018
- Sporting CP
- Date of birth
- ( 1969-02-20 ) 20 February 1969
- Place of birth
- Vukovar , SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
- Date of death
- 16 December 2022 (2022-12-16) (aged 53)
- Place of death
- Rome , Italy
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Defender
- Years
- Team
- 1986 1988
- Borovo
- 1988 1990
- Vojvodina
- 1991 1992
- Red Star Belgrade
- 1992 1994
- Roma
- 1994 1998
- Sampdoria
- 1998 2004
- Lazio
- 2004 2006
- Inter Milan
- 1991 2003
- Serbia and Montenegro
- 2008 2009
- Bologna
- 2009 2010
- Catania
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Bologna
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Serbia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Siniša
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Serbia
- Place of birth
- Vukovar
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1998 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- padel
- Member of team
- Yugoslavia men's national football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- Country for sport
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Mass
- 78
- Image
- Siniša Mihajlović.JPG
- Height
- 183
- Number of children
- 5
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- Siniša Mihajlović
- date of birth
- 1969-02-20
- coach of sports team
- Bologna F.C. 1909
- medical condition
- leukemia
- date of death
- 2022-12-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- leukemia
- name in native language
- Синиша Михајловић
- IPA transcription
- sǐniʃa mixǎːjloʋitɕ
- place of burial
- Campo Verano
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Siniša Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Михајловић, pronounced [sǐniʃa mixǎːjloʋitɕ]; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player. Though starting out as a defensive midfielder, he spent the majority of his illustrious playing career in defence.
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