Miroslav Tanjga (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Тањга; born 22 July 1964) is a Serbian former football played as a defender.[1] He is in charge as Siniša Mihajlović's assistant coach at Serie A club Bologna.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miroslav Tanjga | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1964 | ||
| Place of birth |
Vinkovci, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bologna (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1988 | Dinamo Vinkovci | 13 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Vojvodina | 79 | (9) |
| 1991–1992 | Red Star Belgrade | 18 | (0) |
| 1992 | Fenerbahçe | 7 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 | Hertha BSC | 94 | (4) |
| 1996–1999 | Mainz 05 | 82 | (3) |
| Total | 293 | (16) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Tanjga was in born in Vinkovci, SR Croatia, and grew up in the village of Stari Jankovci. After playing in the Yugoslav First League with several clubs, NK Dinamo Vinkovci, FK Vojvodina and Red Star Belgrade, he moved to first to Turkey, to Fenerbahçe, then to Germany in 1992, and played there the rest of his career, having represented Hertha BSC and 1. FSV Mainz 05.
Coaching career edit
A longtime friend of Siniša Mihajlović from his playing days at FK Vojvodina, Tanjga returned to work alongside him in 2012 as his assistant for the Serbia national football team.[2]
He re-joined forces with Mihajlović at Torino in 2016,[2] and then followed him also at Bologna in 2019.
Tanjga took over the sidelines from Mihajlović on 11 April as a result of Mihajlović getting treatment for Leukemia. Bologna beat U.C. Sampdoria 2-0 in Tanjga's first match as temporary manager.
Personal life edit
His son Siniša is a professional footballer that playing for father's former club Vojvodina.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Miroslav Tanjga at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Torino: Miroslav Tanjga, dallo Scudetto jugoslavo alla Nazionale serba" (in Italian). Toronews.net. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Sin bivšeg igrača Zvezde (18) otišao u Bundesligu". Telegraf. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
External links edit
- Miroslav Tanjga at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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