Borislav Mikhailov

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Borislav Mikhailov
Personal information
Full name	Borislav Mikhailov
Date of birth	12 February, 1963
Place of birth	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.86m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1989 1989-1991 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg PFC Levski Sofia Image:Flag of Portugal.svg C.F. Os Belenenses Image:Flag of France.svg FC Mulhouse Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Botev Plovdiv Image:Flag of England.svg Reading F.C. Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Slavia Sofia Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Zürich	180 (0) 29 (0) 65 (0) 20 (0) 24 (0) 14 (0) 11 (0)
National team
1983-1996	Bulgaria	102 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Borislav Mikhailov (Bulgarian: Борислав Михайлов) (born 12 February 1963) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper. He was captain of the Bulgaria national team during their surprising fourth-place run at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well their participation in Euro 96. He also played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and is currently the all-time appearance leader for the Bulgaria national team with 102 caps. He played for teams like Belenenses, in Portugal, and Mulhouse, in France.

In 1995 he joined the then-English First Division team Reading for a then club record £800,000, replacing the departed club favourite Shaka Hislop. Apparently, he joined Reading after seeing the team play at Wembley in the 1995 First Division Playoff Final between Reading and Bolton Wanderers, believing the 80,000 capacity stadium to be Reading's home ground.^{[citation needed]} However his time at the club was marked by a series of injuries, and his club career in England never took off. In England, he was also known under the nicknames Boris, Bobby, and Wiggy, the latter due to Mikhailov's wig.

After retiring from active sports he started career in football administration. He was vice-president of the Bulgarian Football Union from 2001 until 2005, when he replaced Ivan Slavkov as president.

In 1998 he married Maria Petrova, a former prominent rhythmic gymnast.

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Zdravkov • 2 Kishishev • 3 T. Ivanov • 4 I. Petkov • 5 Yordanov • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 Penev • 10 Balakov • 11 Iliev • 12 Mikhailov • 13 Ginchev • 14 Hristov • 15 Zafirov • 16 Nankov • 17 Stoilov • 18 Borimirov • 19 Bachev • 20 G. Ivanov • 21 Kirilov • 22 M. Petkov • Coach: Bonev	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Mikhailov • 2 Kremenliev • 3 Ivanov • 4 Tsvetanov • 5 Houbchev • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 Letchkov • 10 Sirakov • 11 Borimirov • 12 Nikolov • 13 Yordanov • 14 Guentchev • 15 Iliev • 16 Kiriakov • 17 Mihtarski • 18 Aleksandrov • 19 Georgiev • 20 Balakov • 21 Yotov • 22 Andonov • Coach: Penev	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Mikhailov • 2 Sirakov • 3 Arabov • 4 Petrov • 5 Dimitrov • 6 Zhelyazkov • 7 Iskrenov • 8 Sadakov • 9 Mladenov • 10 Gospodinov • 11 Getov • 12 Zdravkov • 13 A. Markov • 14 P. Markov • 15 Yordanov • 16 Dragolov • 17 Kolev • 18 Velichkov • 19 Pashev • 20 Kostadinov • 21 Dyakov • 22 Valov • Coach: Vutsov	Image:Flag of Bulgaria 1971-1990.png

Awards
Preceded by Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Georgi Dimitrov	Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 1986	Succeeded by Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Iliev
Sporting positions
Preceded by Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Slavkov	President of Bulgarian Football Union 21 October 2005 –	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
NAME	Mikhailov, Borislav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mikhailov, Boris
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	12 February 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bulgaria
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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