Miroslav Tanjga

Miroslav Tanjga
Tanjga in 2025
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Tanjga
Date of birth (1964-07-22) 22 July 1964
Place of birth Vinkovci, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position Defender
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)
2025–2026 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]

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, 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.

3 March 2025, he became the manager of Vojvodina.[3]

Personal life

His son Siniša is a professional footballer that playing for father's former club Vojvodina.[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 25 July 2026

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Vojvodina 3 March 2025 25 July 2026 5834915058.62
Career total 5834915058.62

References

  1. 1 2 Miroslav Tanjga at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "Torino: Miroslav Tanjga, dallo Scudetto jugoslavo alla Nazionale serba" (in Italian). Toronews.net. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Мирослав Тањга нови шеф стручног штаба, споразумни раскид са Лалатовићем". FK Vojvodina. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sin bivšeg igrača Zvezde (18) otišao u Bundesligu". Telegraf. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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