Atanas Hristov Mihaylov (5 July 1949 – 1 October 2006) was an association football former forward and former manager. He was born in Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. For the Bulgaria national football team

Bulgaria national football team

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 Mihaylov featured in 45 games and scored 23 goals and won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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. He played for his country at the 1974 World Cups. Most of Mihaylov's club career was spent with Lokomotiv Sofia

PFC Lokomotiv Sofia

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, but he also played for one year in Cyprus Nea Salamina

Nea Salamis FC

Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which comes from the city of Ammochostos . It has adopted its name from the ancient Cypriot city of Salamis or Salamina near modern day Ammochostos. The club was founded in 1948...

. He won the top Bulgarian league, two times.

Mihaylov died at the age of 57 on 1 October 2006.