Miroslav Tanjga
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miroslav Tanjga | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Vinkovci, 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 |
Miroslav Tanjga (Serbian Cyrillic: Mиpocлaв Taњгa; 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.
Playing career
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, Dinamo Vinkovci, FK Vojvodina and Red Star Belgrade, he moved to first to Turkey, to Fenerbahçe S.K., then to Germany in 1992, and played there the rest of his career, having represented Hertha BSC and 1. FSV Mainz 05.
Coaching career
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.
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Miroslav Tanjga at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Vinkovci
- Serbs of Croatia
- Association football defenders
- Yugoslav footballers
- Serbian footballers
- FK Vojvodina players
- HNK Cibalia players
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
- Hertha BSC players
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Süper Lig players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Serbian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Serbian football defender stubs
- Yugoslav football biography stubs