Mikhail An

Mikhail An
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Ivanovich An
Date of birth (1952-02-19)19 February 1952
Place of birth Orta Chirchiq District, USSR
Date of death August 11, 1979(1979-08-11) (aged 26)
Place of death Dniprodzerzhynsk, USSR
Height 1,78 m
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1969 FC Politotdel Tashkent Oblast
1970–1979 FC Pakhtakor Tashkent 233 (50)
National team
1978 USSR 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mikhail Ivanovich An (Russian: Михаил Иванович Ан; February 19, 1952 in Sverdlova, Orta Chirchiq District, Tashkent Region, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic – August 11, 1979 in Dniprodzerzhynsk) 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.

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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