Miroslav Tanjga

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.

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. He re-joined forces with Mihajlović at Torino in 2016, 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.

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