Siniša Mihajlović

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Siniša Mihajlović
Full name	Siniša Mihajlović
Date of birth	February 20, 1969
Place of birth	Vukovar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	185 cm
Nickname	Miha, Bomber from Borovo
Playing position	Coach retired Midfielder (at the start of career) retired Defender
Club information
Current club	Internazionale (Assistant Coach)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-jan.'91 jan.'91-1992 1992-1994 1994-1998 1998-2004 2004-2006	FK Vojvodina Red Star Belgrade A.S. Roma U.C. Sampdoria S.S. Lazio Internazionale	75 (20) 53 (15) 59 (2) 118 (13) 167 (26) 39 (7)
National team
1989-01	/ SFRY/FRY	60 (9)
Teams managed
2006-	Internazionale (Assistant)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Siniša Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Михајловић) (born February 20, 1969 in Vukovar, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian football player. Born in Vukovar, he grew up in the Borovo Naselje borough and started playing football at NK Borovo. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest free kick takers of all time. With his left foot he has scored numerous goals on direct free kicks from the defender position, including a hat-trick of free kicks for Lazio in a Serie A match against Sampdoria, which earned him the nickname Bomber from Borovo.

At club level, Mihajlović has played for Vojvodina Novi Sad (1988-91), Red Star Belgrade (1991-92), Roma (1992-94), Sampdoria (1994-98), Lazio (1998-2004). In the summer 2004 he was released from Lazio and joined his friend Roberto Mancini at Inter Milan on a free transfer, signed as a one-year deal.

Arguably his biggest success at club level is winning the European Cup in the 1990/91 season with Red Star Belgrade, defeating Olympique Marseille on penalties, after a 0-0 draw at full time, with Mihajlović being one of the scorers. In the semifinals against Bayern Munich, played in Belgrade, he scored a key goal from his typical free kick situation. Mihajlović was also in the team later that year when Red Star Belgrade won the Intercontinental Cup, defeating Colo Colo 3-0.

Mihajlović has 63 caps and scored 10 goals for the Serbia and Montenegro national team. He played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He has since retired from international football.

Mihajlović was born into a mixed marriage, Serbian father Bogdan and Croatian mother Viktorija, the couple registered as Yugoslavs. He could have played for either Croatia or FR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) but chose Yugoslavia since he felt more Serbian due to the war and his religion. He was part of the golden generation of Yugoslav players who won the World Youth Cup in Chile 1987. Players such as Prosinečki, Boban, Mijatović, Brnović, Štimac and Jarni of the 1987 team were all unable to play in the 1994 World Cup due to war in Yugoslavia, however this was the time when these players were at peak.

On April 9, 2006, in a league away game versus Ascoli Calcio Mihajlović scored his 27th career free-kick goal in Serie A, an absolute record. Mihajlović ended his playing career in 2005/2006, but he is still active in Inter Milano as assistant coach of Roberto Mancini.

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	FR Yugoslavia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Kralj \| 2 Mirković \| 3 Đorović \| 4 Jokanović \| 5 Đukić \| 6 Brnović \| 7 Jugović \| 8 Savićević \| 9 Mijatović \| 10 Stojković \| 11 Mihajlović \| 12 Leković \| 13 Komljenović \| 14 Saveljić \| 15 Drulović \| 16 Petrović \| 17 Milošević \| 18 Govedarica \| 19 Stević \| 20 Stanković \| 21 Ognjenović \| 22 Kovačević \| Coach: Santrač