Mikhail An
Korean Soviet footballer (1952–1979)
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Mikhail Ivanovich An (Russian: Михаил Иванович Ан; February 19, 1952 – August 11, 1979) was a Soviet football player of Korean ethnic origin. An was one of the FC Pakhtakor Tashkent players killed in the 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision.
Full name
Mikhail Ivanovich An
Date of birth
19 February 1952
Place of birth
Orta Chirchiq District,
Tashkent Region,
Uzbek SSR, USSR
Tashkent Region,
Uzbek SSR, USSR
Date of death
August 11, 1979 (aged 26)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikhail Ivanovich An | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1952 | ||
| Place of birth |
Orta Chirchiq District, Tashkent Region, Uzbek SSR, USSR | ||
| Date of death | August 11, 1979 (aged 26) | ||
| Place of death |
Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Politotdel | ||
| 1970–1979 | Pakhtakor | 233 | (50) |
| International career | |||
| 1978 | USSR | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In 2020, a documentary, titled "Misha" by Brian Song, was made about him.[1]
International career
An made his debut for the USSR national team on September 6, 1978 in a friendly against Iran and also played in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier against Greece.
External links
- Profile on RussiaTeam.ru (in Russian)
- Career Statistics on KLISF