Name: Mikhail Ivanovich An



Country: Soviet Union | Uzbekistan
Club: Pakhtakor Tashkent FK
Position: *CMF, AMF, DMF, SS
Side: RF/BS
Age: 25-26 years (19/11/1952)

Height: 178 cm
Weight: 71 kg

Attack: 78
Defence: 60
Balance: 76
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 81
Acceleration: 75
Response: 76
Agility: 78
Dribble Accuracy: 82
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 83
Short Pass Speed: 80
Long Pass Accuracy: 87
Long Pass Speed: 82
Shot Accuracy: 76
Shot Power: 86
Shot Technique: 77
Free Kick Accuracy: 76
Curling: 93
Header: 70
Jump: 72
Technique: 84
Aggression: 77
Mentality: 80
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 85

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 7
Weak Foot Frequency: 7
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Early/Peak

CARDS:
P01 - Classic N°10
P06 - Pinpoint Pass
P11 - Long Ranger
P15 - Free Roaming
S02 - Passer
S05 - 1-Touch Play
S06 - Outside Curve

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Playmaking - Passing - Middle Shooting - Centre - 1-Touch Pass - Outside

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced


INFO:
Of Korean origin, Mikhail An was a player with a bright combinational talent, he saw the field well, owned a soft and accurate pass. He was the organizer of the attacking actions of the team, had a high starting speed and he knew how to complete the efforts of his partners with a strong and accurate blow. Successfully acted in the performance of set pieces. A very technical football player. He saw the field well, could control the game, give a pass to a partner in time and accurately (with both feet), and hit a header himself. As a designer of attacks, it allowed him to consistently go through all the steps in the national team of the country. Mikhail started the 79 season very well, having brilliantly played in the USSR Olympic team on a tour of North America. He had a good future ahead of him.

In 1972, when the Tashkent team played in the first league, he became a player in the main squad. Then a brilliant line of the middle of the field and attack was formed - Mikhail An, Viktor Varyukhin, Berador Abduraimov, Vladimir Fedorov and Vasilis Hadzipanagis. Pakhtakor convincingly outplayed their rivals and won a ticket to the top league. An gave decisive assists to the top scorer of the championship - B. Abduraimov who scored a record number - 34 goals in 33 matches. Misha was very thin at that time, physically weak but gradually, he got stronger, learned to give all the best. In season-72, the portrait of the "designer" of Pakhtakor's attacks, Mikhail An, is already clearly looming. All the threads of the game went through him. Defenders were looking for him on the field to get the ball across, while attackers maneuvered into their own zones, knowing that Ana's pass would find them in the right place. In the championship-74, football fans and specialists from many cities recognized M. An as one of the talented and promising football players in the country. His game is characterized by high mobility, good game thinking, mutual understanding with partners, a strong and accurate blow. Experts drew attention to the excellent An - Fedorov bond, and at the end of the season they were both named in the list of "33 best players of the season." It was a very rare case when the players, playing for the second year in the major leagues, are honored to be included in the number of the chosen ones. In 1977, coach Kochetkov further expanded Ana’s range of actions, recommending that he join the attack. As a result, Mikhail became the team's top scorer of the season, scoring 10 goals. Mikhail An is the“ conductor ”of Pakhtakor, a technical, experienced football player, skillfully managing the game of his partners. In 1978, more than once, forwards from Tashkent sent balls into the opponents' goal precisely from his ingenious and accurate passes. The leader of Tashkent football players Mikhail An was among the 33 players of the 1978 season.

In 1978, the coach of the national team Nikita Simonyan invited Mikhail to a friendly match in Teheran, where the team played with the Iranian national team, winning 1:0. Later, Mikhail participated in the qualifying match of the European Championship with the Greek national team on September 20, which was held in Yerevan. The match was won with a score of 2:0. The last time M. An played in the national team at the beginning of the ill-fated 1979. In February, the second national team left for North America to hold friendly games. Here is what the press reported: “The first match was played in the USA in Los Angeles against the Mexican team, which included seven participants in the World Cup. The match took place in difficult conditions on a field soaked after rain. One of the blows, delivered by midfielder An, brought victory to our team - 1:0. Then in Seattle the match with the US team was won. With the score 1:1, the decisive goal was again scored by Mikhail An.

In the highest league of the championship of the USSR he played 138 matches, scored 30 goals. In 1974 and 1978 he was included in the list of 33 best football players of the season in the USSR in third place.

At the age of 27, he died along with the Pakhtakor team in a plane crash over Dneprodzerzhinsk. An was injured and could not play in Minsk with Dynamo, for the match with which Pakhtakor flew, but teammates persuaded An to fly with them.