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.

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.

Mihajlovic had been battling long-term health problems after announcing in 2019 that he was undergoing treatment for leukaemia.

“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.

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.

SERBIAN football legend Sinisa Mihajlovic has died aged 53.The 63-cap Yugoslavia international, who was manager of Serie A side Bologna until Septembe.

Our deepest condolences to the family." At club level he won Serie A twice, once with Lazio and once with Inter, as well as the European Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991. "An indelible trace in the history of Lazio will remain of this fighter with a big heart, not only for having been Champion of Italy, but for the message of hope in the face of the difficulties that he was able to represent up to the last moment of his life. "We will remember him as he deserves, with the infinite embrace of his team and his people. "His courage on the pitch was second only to that shown in the face of a serious illness, which never weakened him spirit and temper. He kept his role while he battled the illness, before he was sacked in September of this year.

The former Serbia and AC Milan head coach was battling Leukemia but has sadly lost his fight at the age of 53 with tributes pouring in for the footballing ...

[Roma](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/as-roma), [Lazio](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/lazio), Sampdoria and [Inter Milan](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/inter-milan) - winning two Serie A titles and four Coppa Italias in the process. His latest role with Bologna ended earlier this year after enduring a poor start to the season. Mihajlovic took his expertise into management having retired from the game in 2006. Speaking about his threat from set-pieces, he said: “I played football for the free-kicks. Speaking at a press conference, he said: "My recovery after the transplant [of bone marrow in 2019] was great, but unfortunately, these diseases are devious. The former AC Milan and Serbia head coach had been fighting leukemia but has sadly lost his fight as his death was confirmed on Friday.

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

Mihajlovic spent most of his life in Italy after moving to Roma in 1992 from Red Star Belgrade, where he had won the European Cup, but he is best known for his time at Lazio. Former full-back Mihajlovic was diagnosed with leukemia just before the 2019-20 season and was in and out of hospital since undergoing treatment. He later became a coach, largely in Serie A and most recently with Bologna.

The former Serbia and AC Milan head coach was battling Leukemia but has sadly lost his fight at the age of 53 with tributes pouring in for the footballing ...

His latest role with Bologna ended earlier this year after enduring a poor start to the season. Mihajlovic took his expertise into management having retired from the game in 2006. Speaking about his threat from set-pieces, he said: “I played football for the free-kicks. [Roma](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/as-roma), [Lazio](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/lazio), Sampdoria and [Inter Milan](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/inter-milan) - winning two Serie A titles and four Coppa Italias in the process. Speaking at a press conference, he said: "My recovery after the transplant [of bone marrow in 2019] was great, but unfortunately, these diseases are devious. The former AC Milan and Serbia head coach had been fighting leukemia but has sadly lost his fight as his death was confirmed 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.

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 died at the age of 53 on Friday after leukemia finally got the better of a charismatic and controversial figure who was one of the most ...

"You fought like a lion on the field and in life. "The courage he showed on the field of play was only second to that which he showed in the face of a serious disease which never weakened his spirit," his former club said in a statement. His coaching career was less distinguished than what he achieved on the field in Serie A, where he won the title with both Lazio and Inter Milan and was a prominent player when the league was considered the world's strongest.