Atanas Hristov Mihaylov (, 5 July 1949 – 1 October 2006) was an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

former forward and manager. Mihаylov is the top scorer in the history of the Bulgaria U21 team, managing 31 goals in 46 appearances. He played 45 games for the

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, scored 23 goals, and won a silver medal at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

; he also played at the

1974 World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

. Most of Mihaylov's club career was spent with

Lokomotiv Sofia FC Lokomotiv Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following ...

, but he also played for two years in Cyprus for

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta () is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis, Cyprus, Salamis (or Salamina), an ancient city near present- ...

. He won the top Bulgarian league on two occasions. Mihaylov was known for his skills from set pieces, including scoring from corners.

Honours

Player

** Bulgarian League: 1977–78

References

Vivliography

* 1949 births 2006 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen Bulgarian football managers FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Bulgaria men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Bulgaria Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Olympic medalists in football FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia managers Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Footballers from Sofia {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub