Oleksandr Hladkyi

Oleksandr Hladkyy

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkyy
Date of birth	(1987-08-24) 24 August 1987
Place of birth	Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	FC Karpaty Lviv
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Metalist Kharkiv	17	(4)
2005–2007	Kharkiv	64	(18)
2007–2010	Shakhtar Donetsk	82	(27)
2010–2014	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	23	(2)
2012–2014	→ Karpaty Lviv (loan)	59	(18)
2014–2016	Shakhtar Donetsk	36	(15)
2016–2017	Dynamo Kyiv	8	(0)
2017	→ Karpaty Lviv (loan)	13	(4)
2017–	Karpaty Lviv	0	(0)
International career‡
2004–2009	Ukraine U-21	15	(5)
2007–	Ukraine	11	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2017

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkyy (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Гладкий, born 24 August 1987) is a Ukrainian football forward who played for the Ukraine national team. His last name can also be transliterated as Hladkiy, Gladkiy and Gladkyy.

Club career

Kharkiv

Hladkyy began his career in Metalist Kharkiv's football academy, and soon after, the young player was invited to another professional club from the Kharkiv, FC Kharkiv. Under direction of coach Volodymyr Bessonov, Hladkyy became a regular player for the club and soon established himself as one of the best strikers in the league. His first fame came in the 2006–07 season, when after scoring 13 goals to finish as the Ukrainian league's top scorer.

Shakhtar Donetsk

After this success, Hladkyy attracted the notice of giants Shakhtar Donetsk, and on 8 June 2007, he signed a five-year deal worth €2.5 million with the club. On his Shakhtar debut, a friendly match, he scored the winning goal. He scored two goals in another friendly.

On 7 May 2008, Hladkyy earned his first trophy in his career when Shakhtar defeated rivals Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 in the Ukrainian Cup final, where he scored and was also sent off.

Hladkyy won the Premier League with Shakhtar that season, but fell one goal short of making Ukrainian Premier League history by being the top goalscorer for two consecutive years. With the addition of Yevhen Seleznyov and Marcelo Moreno, Hladkyy has had difficulty to regain his spot in the starting line-up or even the bench leaving his future in doubt especially with the coach Mircea Lucescu using a 4-5-1 (meaning only one forward) over last years 4-4-2 . After 10 league games with only 1 win Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu gave Hladkyy the start and he scored in the 28th minute in a 3–0 win over Chornomorets Odessa. Mircea gave Hladkyy another starting opportunity due to Luiz Adriano being injured, and Oleksandr scored the third goal in Shakhtar's 4–2 win over FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Hladkyy scored a winner for Shakhtar against Olexandria in the 93rd minute in an Ukrainian Cup quarter final, although this pro comes with a con as he injured second choice goalkeeper Rustam Khudzhamov during a collision in the Shakhtar penalty area. He scored his first two UEFA Champions League goals in a historic 3–2 win in Spain beating giants F.C. Barcelona (whom were on a streak of 20 games without defeat.) This was also big for Shakhtar as Shakhtar collected more points in the group stage than ever before (9).

After not gaining a regular place in Shakhtar Donetsk he transferred to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 17 August 2010.

Shakhtar Donetsk return

In May 2014, Hladkyy resigned for FC Shakhtar Donetsk, signing a two-year contract.

Dynamo Kyiv

On 23 May 2016, Hladkyy signed a 3-year contract with the Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv, signing as a free agent after his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk has ended.

International career

Oleksandr Hladkyy was a regular member of the Ukraine national under-21 football team and scored 6 goals in 12 games. On 22 August 2007, he made his debut for the senior Ukraine national football team in a friendly against Uzbekistan and scored the opening goal. Since then, he has been called up to the main squad for every game under both Oleg Blokhin, and later, Oleksiy Mykhailychenko.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 June 2017

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Metalist	2003–04	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3
	2004–05	9	1	2	0	-	-	-	-	11	1
	Total	17	4	2	0	-	-	-	-	19	4
Kharkiv	2004–05	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4
	2005–06	25	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	27	2
	2006–07	29	13	1	0	-	-	-	-	30	13
	Total	64	18	3	1	-	-	-	-	67	19
Shakhtar	2007–08	29	17	7	1	9	2	1	1	46	21
	2008–09	26	4	5	1	10	2	1	0	42	7
	2009–10	22	6	2	1	6	1	-	-	30	8
	2010–11	5	0	-	-	-	-	1	2	6	2
	Total	82	27	14	3	25	5	3	3	124	38
Dnipro	2010–11	19	2	4	2	2	0	-	-	25	4
	2011–12	4	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	6	0
	Total	23	2	6	2	2	0	-	-	31	4
Karpaty	2011–12	8	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	10	4
	2012–13	23	5	3	0	-	-	-	-	26	5
	2013–14	28	10	2	0	-	-	-	-	30	10
	Total	59	18	7	1	-	-	-	-	66	19
Shakhtar	2014–15	19	11	7	4	3	0	1	1	30	16
	2015–16	17	4	3	2	10	3	1	0	31	9
	Total	36	15	10	6	13	3	2	1	61	25
Dynamo Kyiv	2016–17	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0
	Total	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0
Karpaty	2016–17	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4
	Total	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4
Career total		302	88	42	13	43	8	5	4	392	113

International

As of 3 February 2017

Ukraine
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	5	1
2008	3	0
2009	0	0
2010	0	0
2011	0	0
2012	0	0
2013	0	0
2014	1	0
2015	2	0
2016	0	0
2017	0	0
Total	11	1

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 August 2007	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine	Uzbekistan	1–0	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League (2): 2007–08, 2009–10
• Ukrainian Cup (2): 2007–08, 2015–16
• Ukrainian Super Cup (4): 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015
• UEFA Cup: 2008–09

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2016

Individual

• Ukrainian Premier league Top Goalscorer (13 goals): 2007
• Ukrainian Premier League Top Assister (11 assists): 2008

See also

• 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#Ukraine

External links

• Player Profile at Shakhtar Donetsk Official Website