Sinisa Mihajlovic

Sinisa Mihajlovic, a former standout footballer in his native Serbia and then Italy, has died three years after being diagnosed with leukaemia.

A full-back and free-kick specialist, Mihajlovic was a member of the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. “Serie A is deeply pained by the death of Sinisa Mihajlovic,” the Italian league tweeted. Mihajlovic’s family announced on Friday that he died in a Rome hospital.

Former Yugoslavia, Lazio and Inter Milan defender and ex-AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has died at the age of 53 following a fight with leukaemia.

Alessandro Rambaldi, and Dr. In a tribute by the Italian sports newspaper 'We thank the doctors and nurses who have followed him over the years, with love and respect, especially Dr. He was quoted as saying: 'I didn't like football all that much, but the free-kicks were great. For me, that is football. Mihajlovic pictured during the heyday of his playing career at Lazio, whom he helped to a Serie A title, two Italian Cup wins and victory in the European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

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 ...

"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." He won 63 caps and scored 10 goals for the former Yugoslavia, playing in the 1998 World Cup, and was renowned as a strong and incisive defender and a persistent danger from set-pieces. In a statement posted on their website, the Football Association of Serbia wrote: "Sad news for Serbian football, the region, Europe and the football world - Sinisa Mihajlovic has passed away.

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

[AS Roma](/soccer/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 ...

Sinisa Mihajlovic has died of leukemia at the age of 53, the family of the Serie A icon said in a statement on Friday.

He jointly holds with Andrea Pirlo the record for free-kick goals scored in Serie A, netting 28 times from dead ball situations. He had a distinguished playing career in Serie A, winning the title with both Lazio and Inter Milan, and was a prominent player when the league was considered the world's strongest. Rome (AFP) – Sinisa Mihajlovic has died of leukemia at the age of 53, the family of the Serie A icon said in a statement on Friday.

Mihajlović's family announced Friday that he died in a Rome hospital. Mihajlović had most recently coached Bologna for 3 1/2 years, becoming a sentimental ...

“You took me in like a member of your family, you were a friend, a brother, a father. A full back and free kick specialist who played with ferocious intensity, Mihajlović was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. “Thanks for always having believed in me, especially when others didn’t,” said Arnautović, an Austria international with a Serbian father. “It’s not fair that such a devastating disease takes you away at 53," Mancini added. 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. ROME (AP) — Siniša Mihajlović, a winner of the European Cup and Serie A who became a popular coach in Italy, has died after a long battle with leukemia.

ROME — Sinisa Mihajlovic, 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 SiniÅ¡a Mihajlović,” the Italian league tweeted. A full-back and free kick specialist, Mihajlovic was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. Article content

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.

Sinisa Mihajlovic, former manager of AC Milan, passed away on Friday. He was fighting a long battle with Leukaemia.

He was in charge of various Series A clubs and the Series A released a statement stating that they are deeply upset by the passing of Mihajlović. He was famous for his dead-ball skill. Sinisa Mihajlovic was born in the old Yugoslavia and spent most of his career as a footballer in Italy. He spent his playing career between Rome and His last job was at Bologna, where he was dismissed from his position after a poor season start.

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 battle ...

“You took me in like a member of your family, you were a friend, a brother, a father. A full back and free kick specialist who played with ferocious intensity, Mihajlović was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. “It’s not fair that such a devastating disease takes you away at 53," Mancini added.

Ancien défenseur central devenu entraîneur, il avait annoncé souffrir d'une leucémie à l'été 2019.

(...) Sinisa sera toujours avec nous", a ajouté la famille de l'ancien défenseur central, passé par l'Etoile Rouge de Belgrade (1991-1992), l'AS Rome (1992-1994), la Sampdoria (1994-1998), la Lazio Rome (1998-2004) et l'Inter Milan (2004-2006). "Sa femme Arianna, ses enfants Viktorija, Virginia, Miroslav, Dusan et Nikolas, sa petite-fille Violante, sa mère Vikyorija et son frère Drazen, communiquent dans la douleur la mort injuste et prématurée de leur mari, père, fils et frère exemplaire", est-il écrit, alors que celui qui entraînait Bologne avait annoncé souffrir d'une leucémie à l'été 2019. L'ancien international serbe devenu entraîneur, Sinisa Mihajlovic, est décédé à l'âge de 53 ans, a annoncé sa famille vendredi 16 décembre, dans un communiqué transmis à l'agence italienne Ansa.

He had previously managed Sporting Lisbon, Torino, AC Milan, Sampdoria, Serbia, Fiorentina and Catania. Mihajlovic progressed into coaching after a memorable ...

The Serbian FA added: "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." He was successfully treated but was later diagnosed with the illness for a second time earlier this year. Sinisa Mihajlovic has died at the age of 53 following a long battle with leukaemia.

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.

ROME — Sinisa Mihajlovic, 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 SiniÅ¡a Mihajlović,” the Italian league tweeted. A full-back and free kick specialist, Mihajlovic was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. Article content

En Italie, les hommages se multiplient pour l'ancien joueur et entraîneur passé par de nombreux clubs du pays. Souvent ...

- 10 - 8 - 1 - 6 - 9 - 5 - 2 Un lion au fort caractère qui s’est également forgé une mauvaise réputation tout au long de sa carrière, entre des propos racistes tenus à l’encontre de plusieurs joueurs comme Patrick Vieira, ou des coups d’humeur envers ses joueurs qui lui valurent plusieurs sanctions. - 3 Souvent classé parmi les meilleurs tireurs de coups francs de l’histoire du football [face à l’Olympique de Marseille](/sport/football-ligue-des-champions-cette-terrible-serie-a-laquelle-marseille-l-om-veut-mettre-fin-mardi-13-septembre-contre-l-eintracht-francfort-2232077.html), en 1991. Mais après des années de lutte, la maladie l’a emporté sur l’ancien international yougoslave, dont le décès a été officialisé ce vendredi 16 décembre, à l’âge de 53 ans.

Mihajlović's family announced Friday that he died in a Rome hospital. Mihajlović most recently coached Bologna for 3 1/2 years, and was a sentimental favorite ...

“You took me in like a member of your family, you were a friend, a brother, a father. A full back and free kick specialist who played with ferocious intensity, Mihajlović was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. “Thanks for always having believed in me, especially when others didn’t,” said Arnautović, an Austria international with a Serbian father. “It’s not fair that such a devastating disease takes you away at 53," Mancini added. 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. ROME (AP) — Siniša Mihajlović, a winner of the European Cup and Serie A who became a popular coach in Italy, has died after a long battle with leukemia.

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.