Siniša Mihajlović

Serbian football player and manager (1969–2022)
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Siniša Mihajlović (20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian football player. He played for Yugoslavia national team and Serbia national team.

Siniša Mihajlović
Mihajlović as manager of Fiorentina in 2010
Personal information
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(s) Defender
Youth career
Borovo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Borovo
1988–1990 Vojvodina 73 (19)
1990–1992 Red Star Belgrade 38 (9)
1992–1994 Roma 54 (1)
1994–1998 Sampdoria 110 (12)
1998–2004 Lazio 126 (20)
2004–2006 Inter Milan 25 (5)
Total 426 (66)
National team
1991–2003 FR Yugoslavia[nb 1] 63 (10)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Bologna
2009–2010 Catania
2010–2011 Fiorentina
2012–2013 Serbia
2013–2015 Sampdoria
2015–2016 Milan
2016–2018 Torino
2018 Sporting CP
2019–2022 Bologna
Honours
Representing  Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place UEFA U-21 Euro 1990
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In July 2019, Mihajlović was diagnosed with leukaemia.[1] He died from the disease on 16 December 2022.[2][3]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]>[5]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vojvodina 1988–89 Yugoslav First League 31 4 31 4
1989–90 Yugoslav First League 28 11 2[b] 1 30 12
1990–91 Yugoslav First League 14 4 14 4
Total 73 19 2 1 75 20
Red Star Belgrade 1990–91 Yugoslav First League 14 1 3 1 5[b] 1 22 3
1991–92 Yugoslav First League 24 8 8 3 10[b] 4 2[c] 0 44 15
Total 38 9 11 4 15 5 2 0 66 18
Roma 1992–93 Serie A 29 1 7 5 5[d] 1 41 7
1993–94 Serie A 25 0 3 0 28 0
Total 54 1 10 5 5 1 69 7
Sampdoria 1994–95 Serie A 25 3 2 0 6[e] 1 1[f] 1 34 5
1995–96 Serie A 30 4 2 0 32 4
1996–97 Serie A 28 2 1 0 29 2
1997–98 Serie A 27 3 4 1 2 0 33 4
Total 110 12 9 1 8 1 1 1 128 15
Lazio 1998–99 Serie A 30 8 4 1 9[e] 0 1[f] 0 44 9
1999–2000 Serie A 26 6 7 4 12[g] 3 1[h] 0 46 13
2000–01 Serie A 18 4 2 1 8[g] 2 1[f] 1 29 8
2001–02 Serie A 6 0 2 0 2[g] 0 10 0
2002–03 Serie A 21 1 1 0 6[d] 0 28 1
2003–04 Serie A 25 1 6 0 5[g] 1 36 2
Total 126 20 22 6 42 6 3 1 193 33
Inter Milan 2004–05 Serie A 20 4 6 1 4[g] 0 30 5
2005–06 Serie A 5 1 5 0 3[g] 0 13 1
Total 25 5 11 1 7 0 43 6
Career total 426 66 63 17 79 14 6 2 574 99
  1. Includes Yugoslav Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in European Cup
  3. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  4. 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Yugoslavia 1991 4 0
1992 0 0
FR Yugoslavia 1993 0 0
1994 2 0
1995 3 2
1996 7 0
1997 10 2
1998 11 2
1999 5 0
2000 6 1
2001 6 2
2002 8 1
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 1 0
Total 63 10
Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mihajlović goal.
List of international goals scored by Siniša Mihajlović[6]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 November 1995 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 8   El Salvador 1–0 4–1 Friendly
2 15 November 1995 Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico 9   Mexico 3–1 4–1 Friendly
3 10 September 1997 Štadión Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia 23   Slovakia 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 11 October 1997 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta 24   Malta 2–0 5–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 3 June 1998 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland 30   Japan 1–0 1–0 Friendly
6 14 June 1998 Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France 32   Iran 1–0 1–0 1998 FIFA World Cup
7 15 November 2000 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania 48   Romania 1–1 1–2 Friendly
8 24 March 2001 Stadion Partizana, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia 49   Switzerland 1–0 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 15 August 2001 Stadion Crvene Zvezde, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia 54   Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 16 August 2002 61   Finland 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bologna 3 November 2008 14 April 2009 22 4 8 10 25 36 −11 018.18
Catania 8 December 2009 24 May 2010 25 10 9 6 32 23 +9 040.00
Fiorentina 4 June 2010 7 November 2011 52 18 18 16 66 56 +10 034.62
Serbia 21 May 2012 19 November 2013 19 7 4 8 28 21 +7 036.84
Sampdoria 20 November 2013 1 June 2015 69 26 23 20 93 87 +6 037.68
Milan 16 June 2015 12 April 2016 38 19 10 9 57 37 +20 050.00
Torino 25 May 2016 4 January 2018 64 23 24 17 116 100 +16 035.94
Sporting CP 18 June 2018 27 June 2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Bologna 28 January 2019 6 September 2022 142 46 38 58 196 228 −32 032.39
Total 431 153 134 144 613 588 +25 035.50

Honours

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Player

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Vojvodina[7]

Red Star Belgrade[7]

Lazio[7]

Inter Milan[7]

Yugoslavia U21

Individual

Manager

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Individual

Footnotes

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  1. First 4 caps for SFR Yugoslavia that still consisted of players from Bosnia (Omerović), Croatia (Boban), Macedonia (Pančev), Slovenia (Novak), Serbia (Mihajlović) and Montenegro (Savićević)

References

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  1. Sinisa Mihajlovic: Bologna boss vows to recover from leukaemia
  2. "Addio a Mihajlovic, il duro dal cuore grande: è morto di leucemia a 53 anni" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 16 December 2022.
  3. "Siniša Mihajlović, soccer player and coach, dies at 53". AP NEWS. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. Siniša Mihajlović at WorldFootball.net
  5. Siniša Mihajlović at FootballDatabase.eu
  6. "Siniša Mihajlović stats". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Siniša Mihajlovic" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. Karel Stokkermans (14 March 2007). "ESM XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  9. "Da Zola a Mourinho e Zidane: le nuove leggende della Hall of fame del calcio italiano". Sky Italia (in Italian). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  10. "Sinisa Mihajlovic Coach of the Month for April". Serie A. 5 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.