Mikhail An

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is An.

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.

Mikhail An

Personal information
Full name	Mikhail Ivanovich An
Date of birth	(1952-02-19)19 February 1952
Place of birth	Orta Chirchiq District, Tashkent Region, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Date of death	August 11, 1979(1979-08-11) (aged 26)
Place of death	Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	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