Mikhail An Explained

Mikhail An
Fullname:Mikhail Ivanovich An
Height:1.78 m
Birth Date:19 February 1952
Birth Place:Orta Chirchiq District,
Tashkent Region,
Uzbek SSR, USSR
Death Place:Dniprodzerzhynsk,
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast,
Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1968–1969
Years2:1970–1979
Clubs1:Politotdel
Clubs2:Pakhtakor
Caps2:233
Goals2:50
Nationalyears1:1978
Nationalteam1:USSR
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0

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.

In 2020, a documentary was made about him, "Misha" by Brian Song.[1]

International career

An made his debut for USSR on September 6, 1978 in a friendly against Iran and also played in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier against Greece.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9144792/?ref_=nm_knf_t2 "Destiny Deferred: The Mikhail An Story (2018)"