Miroslav Tanjga ( sr-Cyrl, Мирослав Тањга; born 22 July 1964) is a Serbian former

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played as a defender. He is in charge as

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional Footballer, football player and Football coach (association football), manager. During his career as a football ...

's assistant coach at

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club

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Playing career

Tanjga was in born in

Vinkovci Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surrounde ...

SR Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), or SR Croatia, was a constituent republic and federated state of the Social ...

, and grew up in the village of

Stari Jankovci Stari Jankovci ( sr-Cyrl, Стари Јанковци, hu, Ivanóc) is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia The village is located to the northeast of the M104 railway route. The village is connected with the rest of ...

. After playing in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

with several clubs, NK Dinamo Vinkovci,

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

and

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

, 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 Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

and 1. FSV Mainz 05.

Coaching career

A longtime friend of

from his playing days at

, Tanjga returned to work alongside him in 2012 as his assistant for the

Serbia national football team The Serbia national football team ( sr, Фудбалска репрезентација Србије, Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in men's international football competition. It is controlled by the Football Association of ...

. He re-joined forces with Mihajlović at Torino in 2016, and then followed him also at

in 2019. Tanjga took over the sidelines from Mihajlović on 11 April as a result of Mihajlović getting treatment for Leukemia. Bologna beat

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2-0 in Tanjga's first match as temporary manager.

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* 1967 births Living people Footballers from Vinkovci Serbs of Croatia Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey {{Yugoslavia-footy-bio-stub