He was born in Ilići, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina) and died in Belgrade, Serbia.
After a 2–0 loss in Madrid, Red Star won by the same result in the return leg, and the match was decided when goalkeeper Ognjen Petrović saved Santillana's kick in the penalty shootout.
In the semi-finals, Red Star got eliminated by the Hungarian side Ferencváros, but the reported attendance of 110,000 spectators at the return match at the Red Star Stadium remains the largest one at any game in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav football.
[1] Although it was one of the biggest international successes in the club history that far, at the end of the season Red Star came third in the national championship, and that wasn't seen as good enough for Mihić to keep his job.
After the departure from Red Star Belgrade, Mihić has coached several Yugoslav First League clubs, such as Borac Banja Luka,[4] Osijek, Napredak Kruševac and Galenika.