Sinisa Vogliacco named after grandfather Mihajlovic | OneFootball

The daughter of former Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has become a mother for the second time and named her son after the much-missed Serbian.

Virginia Mihajlovic is married to Genoa player Alessandro Vogliacco and her father was already able to enjoy some time as a grandfather to Violante, who was born in 2021.

Sinisa Mihajlovic died on December 16, 2022 at the age of 53 after several years of battling an aggressive form of leukaemia.

Now his name will live on in the form of his grandson, Sinisa Leone Vogliacco, who was born today.

Welcome to the world, Sinisa

Widow Arianna Mihajlovic welcomed the wonderful news with a message on their Instagram page.

“Leone Sinisa is born… A Superhero, just like his Grandfather.”

Leone means Lion in Italian.

Mihajlovic spent most of his career in Italy, first as a player at Roma from 1992 through to Sampdoria, Lazio and retirement at Inter in 2006.

He became a coach, working at Bologna twice – including during the initial diagnosis and treatment for leukaemia – Catania, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Milan and Torino, as well as a year in charge of the Serbia national team.