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Oleksandr Hladkiy 
Personal information Full name Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkiy Date of birth 24 August 1987 Place of birth Lozova, Kharkiv Region, Soviet Union Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Forward Club information Current club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Number 22 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2005 Metalist Kharkiv 17 (4) 2005–2007 Kharkiv 64 (18) 2007–2010 Shakhtar Donetsk 82 (27) 2010– Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 19 (2) National team‡ 2004–2009 Ukraine U-21 15 (5) 2007– Ukraine 8 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2009Oleksandr Mykolayovych Gladkiy (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Гладкий, born 24 August 1987 in Lozova, Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian football forward. He plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukraine national football team. His last name can also be transliterated as Hladkiy,[1] Gladkiy[2] and Gladkyy.[3]
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Club career
Kharkiv
Oleksandr Hladkiy started his career in Metalist Kharkiv football academy, and soon after, the young player was invited to another professional club from the city, FC Kharkiv. Under direction of coach Volodymyr Bessonov, Hladkiy became a regular player for the club and soon established himself as one of the best strikers in the league. Oleksandr's first fame came in season of 2006–07, when after scoring 13 goals, Hladkiy became the Ukrainian league's top scorer.
Shakhtar Donetsk
After this success, Oleksandr Hladkiy was noticed by one of Ukrainian leaders FC Shakhtar Donetsk and on 8 June 2007, he signed a 5-year deal worth €2.5 million with the club. On his debut for the club (friendly match), he scored the winning goal. Not long after, he scored two goals in a friendly.
On 7 May 2008 Hladkiy got his first piece of silverware in his career when his Shakhtar beat Dynamo Kyiv 2–0, in the Ukrainian Cup Final where he scored and was also sent off.
He won the premiership with Shakhtar that season but fell 1 goal short of breaking Ukrainian Premier League history by being the top goal scorer two consecutive years. With the addition of Yevhen Seleznyov and Marcelo Moreno, Hladkiy 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 Hladkiy the start and he scored in the 28th minute in a 3–0 win over Chornomorets Odessa. Mircea gave Hladkiy another starting opportunity due to Luiz Adriano being injured, and Oleksandr scored the 3rd goal in Shakhtars 4–2 win over FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Hladkiy 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.[4]
International career
Oleksandr Hladkiy 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.[5] Since then, he has been called up to the main squad for every game under both Oleg Blokhin, and now, Oleksiy Mykhailychenko.
Career statistics
- As of 21 May 2011
Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Metalist Kharkiv 2003–04 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2004–05 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 Total 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 Kharkiv 2004–05 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 2005–06 25 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 2 2006–07 29 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 13 Total 64 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 67 19 Shakhtar Donetsk 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 0 0 30 8 2010–11 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2 Total 82 27 14 3 25 5 3 3 124 38 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2010–11 19 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 24 4 Total 19 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 24 4 Career Total 182 51 23 6 26 5 3 3 234 65 Honours
- Club
- 2008, 2010
- 2008
- 2008, 2010
- UEFA Cup: 1
- 2009
- Individual
- Ukrainian Premier league Top Goalscorer (13 goals): 2007
- Ukrainian Premier League Top Assister (11 assists): 2008
References
- ^ "Blokhin fits up trusted squad". Article at ffu.org.ua. 5 October 2007. http://www.ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/304/. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
- ^ Player profile at uefa.com, uefa.com, accessed 7 October 2007
- ^ Player profile at shakhtar.com, shakhtar.com, accessed 7 October 2007
- ^ (Russian) "Александр Гладкий: "О переходе в "Днепр" долго не думал" (Oleksandr Hladkiy: About the transfer to "Dnipro" did not think long about it)". ua-football.com. 17 August 2010. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4c6adf6e.html. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ Game report from ScoresPro.com Game Report on ScoresPro.com
External links
Ukrainian Premier League top scorers 1992: Hudymenko | 1993: Husyev | 1994: Huseinov | 1995: Avakov | 1996: Huseinov | 1997: Matviiv | 1998: Rebrov | 1999: Shevchenko | 2000: Shatskikh | 2001: Vorobei | 2002: Shyschenko | 2003: Shatskikh | 2004: Demetradze | 2005: Kosyrin | 2006: Brandão / Okoduwa | 2007: Gladkiy | 2008: Devich | 2009: Kovpak | 2010: Milevskiy | 2011: SeleznyovCategories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Ukrainian footballers
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- FC Kharkiv players
- FC Metalist Kharkiv players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk players
- Ukraine international footballers
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