Mikhail An

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

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, titled Misha, was made about him by Brian Song.

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