Miroslav Tanjga
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| 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 | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vojvodina (head coach) | ||
| 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) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Serbia (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Sampdoria (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Milan (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Torino (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2022 | Bologna (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Bologna (interim) | ||
| 2025– | Vojvodina | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miroslav Tanjga (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Тањга; born 22 July 1964) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender.[1] He is in the current head coach of Vojvodina.
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, 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 Mainz 05.
Coaching career
A longtime friend of Siniša Mihajlović from his playing days at 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 Sampdoria 2-0 in Tanjga's first match as temporary manager.
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