Sinisa Mihajlovic

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, 53, who managed Serie A sides such as AC Milan, Bologna, and Fiorentina has passed away on Friday following a long battle with illness.

However, he is best known for his time in management, which saw him take charge of a number of [ Serie A](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/serie-a) clubs, and the Serbian national team. His pure class as a footballer and coach, his strength and his humanity are an example that leaves an indelible mark on Italian and world football." It was at Lazio he won his first scudetto - a second would arrive later with Inter. Fiorentina mourns the death of Sinisa Mihajlovic and gathers around the family and loved ones." While a third tweeted: "Forever grateful to have gotten to know a man so fierce and special. However, he passed away on Friday.

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.

ROME — 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 ...

“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.

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 football world is in mourning after Lazio legend and former Fiorentina and Milan manager Sinisa Mihajlovic lost his battle with cancer on Friday.

A fullback and free kick specialist, Mihajlovic was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991.

A fullback and free kick specialist, Mihajlovic was on the Red Star Belgrade team that won the European Cup in 1991. He was fired by Bologna in September. Siniša 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 battle with leukemia.

The former Lazio and Inter Milan star has succumbed to his illness following a struggle of over three years having still been in the dug-out at Italian club ...

The Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni also pay her respects, by saying: 'You fought like a lion on the pitch and in life. 'You have been described as an iron sergeant, you have shown that you have a big heart. 'You have taught many values in the world of football. You are and will always be a winner. It was his six seasons at Lazio that saw Mihajlovic achieve considerable success, helping them to the Serie A title in 1999-2000 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1998-99. Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini added: 'I don't want to believe it, you bloody bastard disease. We will miss you so much.' One of his former clubs Lazio posted a statement on their website from president Claudio Lotito: 'SS Lazio mourns the passing of Sinisa Mihajlovic: a great Lazio man, a warrior on the pitch and in life. '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. Rest in peace Sinisa!' The former Lazio and Inter Milan star has succumbed to his illness following a struggle of over three years having still been in the dug-out at Italian club Bologna just three months ago. ‘You fought to the end like a real man’: Italy legend Franco Baresi leads the tributes to Sinisa Mihajlovic following his passing from leukaemia, as Franck Ribery, Gabriel Batistuta and a host of Serie A clubs say ‘Ciao’ to a Lazio icon

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.

He had recovered following treatment, but in March, Mihajlovic announced that he had been diagnosed with the illness for a second time. Ad.

Have a good trip, Sinisa." He has done so much for football - big hug to his family." [Lazio](/football/lazio/) and [Inter Milan](/football/inter-milan/) defender revealed in 2019 that he had been diagnosed 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.

FIFA have paid hommage to Sinisa Mihajlovic, who died this Friday because of leukemia at the mere age of 53. Because of his death, there was a minute's ...

Because of his death, there was a minute's silence at the start of the second and final day of the Legends Cup which is taking place in Doha. What is more, there was a touching minute's silence at the Doha Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex, where there has been a legends tournaments since this Thursday, with a photo of Mihajlovic on the score-boards. [died in a hospital in Rome agd 53](https://www.besoccer.com/new/serie-a-legend-sinisa-mihajlovic-dies-at-53-1212771) because of leukemia which he had had since 2019.

The football world is in mourning after Lazio legend and former Fiorentina and Milan manager Sinisa Mihajlovic lost his battle with cancer on Friday.

Former Lazio, Roma, and Inter Milan defender Sinisa Mihajlovic has passed away, aged 53.He was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2019 and, after three.

The former defender then returned to Bologna at the beginning of 2019 until September this year, and remained in charge at the club despite his illness. Mihajlovic’s first job as a manager would be at Bologna before he took the reins at the likes of Fiorentina and Milan, as well as the Serbian national team. Much of his career was spent in the Italian top flight after starring in his homeland.

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.

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.

Mihajlović is regarded as one of the best free-kick takers in football history –– but he still had to fight for the honour of taking them.

In truth, after going to such lengths to take the free-kick, it was a rather feeble attempt from the Brazilian, especially given he’d taken the chance away from one of the best free-kick takers in the world. And who knows, had he been given the chance to take the second free-kick, the defender may well have netted a hat-trick of set-pieces. [Inter](https://www.givemesport.com/inter-milan) teammate Adriano, in order to decide who received the honour of taking a free-kick against [Roma](https://www.givemesport.com/as-roma). To be fair, Adriano was also more than capable of scoring from distance and thus became engaged in a friendly debate with Mihajlović over the right to take the free-kick. Siniša Mihajlović is regarded as one of the best free-kick takers in football history –– but he still had to fight for the honour of taking them. Indeed, the ex-Yugoslavia star scored countless screamers over the course of his career and once played a game of rock-paper-scissors back in 2005 with former