Borislav Mikhailov

Borislav Mihaylov
Personal information
Full name	Borislav Bisserov Mihaylov
Date of birth	12 February 1963 (1963-02-12) (age 46)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981–1989 1989–1991 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999	Levski Sofia Belenenses Mulhouse Botev Plovdiv Reading Slavia Sofia Zürich	180 (0) 029 (0) 065 (0) 020 (0) 024 (0) 014 (0) 011 (0)
National team
1983–1998	Bulgaria	102 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Borislav Bisserov Mihaylov (or 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 (60 as captain). 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.^[1] 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 a 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. Mikhailov is also the father of Liverpool goalkeeper Nikolay Mikhailov, who is currently on a loan spell at Dutch side FC Twente.

German captain Lothar Matthäus scores on a penalty kick against Mihaylov in the 1994 World Cup quarterfinal

References

v • d • e Bulgaria squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Mihaylov • 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

v • d • e Bulgaria squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Mihaylov • 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 Genchev • 15 Iliev • 16 Kiriakov • 17 Mihtarski • 18 Aleksandrov • 19 Georgiev • 20 Balakov • 21 Yotov • 22 Andonov • Coach: Penev

v • d • e Bulgaria squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Mihaylov • 2 Kishishev • 3 Ivanov • 4 Kiriakov • 5 Houbchev • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 L. Penev • 10 Balakov • 11 Letchkov • 12 Popov • 13 Genchev • 14 Sirakov • 15 Yordanov • 16 Borimirov • 17 Kremenliev • 18 Tsvetanov • 19 Ginchev • 20 Donkov • 21 Georgiev • 22 Zdravkov • Coach: Dimitar Penev

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 Mihaylov • 13 Ginchev • 14 Hristov • 15 Zafirov • 16 Nankov • 17 Stoilov • 18 Borimirov • 19 Bachev • 20 G. Ivanov • 21 Kirilov • 22 M. Petkov • Coach: Bonev

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