- Oleksandr Hladky
Football player infobox
playername= Oleksandr Hladky
fullname = Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladky
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|8|24
cityofbirth =Lozova ,Kharkiv
countryofbirth =Soviet Union
height = height|meter=1.88
clubnumber = 21
currentclub = Shakhtar Donetsk
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004-2005
2005-2007
2007-present
clubs = Metalist Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
caps(goals) = 9000(1)
5200(14)
3400(18)
nationalyears = ?-2007
2007-
nationalteam = Ukraine U-21
Ukraine
nationalcaps(goals) = 1500(6)
8000(1)
pcupdate =21 May 2008
ntupdate =18 August 2008 Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladky ( _uk. Олександр Миколайович Гладкий, born
August 24 ,1987 inLozova ,Kharkiv ) is a Ukrainian football forward. He plays forFC Shakhtar Donetsk and theUkraine national football team . His last name can also be transliterated as Hladkiy [cite web|url=http://www.ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/304/ |title=Blokhin fits up trusted squad|work=Article at ffu.org.ua|date=October 5 ,2007 |accessdate=October 7|accessyear=2007] , Gladkiy [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/players/player=73035/index.html Player profile at uefa.com] , uefa.com, accessed7 October 2007 ] and Gladkyy [ [http://shakhtar.com/en/team/player/?id=98 Player profile at shakhtar.com] , shakhtar.com, accessed7 October 2007 ] .Club career
Kharkiv
Oleksandr Hladky 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 coachVolodymyr Bessonov , Hladky 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, Hladky became the Ukrainian league's top scorer.Shakhtar Donetsk
After this success, Oleksandr Hladky was noticed by one of Ukrainian leaders
FC Shakhtar Donetsk and onJune 8 ,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 May 7, 2008 Gladlky 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 andMarcelo Moreno , Hladky has had difficulty to regain his spot in the starting line-up or even the bench leaving his future in doubt especially with the coachMircea 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 coachMircea Lucescu gave Hladky the start and he scored in the 28th minute in a 3-0 win overChornomorets Odessa .International
Oleksandr Hladky was a regular member of the
Ukraine national under-21 football team and scored 6 goals in 12 games. OnAugust 22 ,2007 , he made his debut for the seniorUkraine national football team in a friendly against Uzbekistan and scored the opening goal. [ [http://www.scorespro.com/lives2/goals.php?f=189755 Game report from ScoresPro.com Game Report on ScoresPro.com] ] Since then, he has been called up to the main squad for every game under bothOleg Blokhin , and now,Oleksiy Mykhailychenko .Honours
;Club
*Ukrainian Premier League : 1::2008
*Ukrainian Cup : 1:2008
*Ukrainian Super Cup : 1:2008;Individual
*Ukrainian Premier league Top Goalscorer (13 goals): 2007
*Runner Up-Top Goalscorer (17 goals): 2008References
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External links
* [http://shakhtar.com/en/team/player/?id=98 Player Profile at Shakhtar Donetsk Official Website] en icon
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