Oleksandr Hladkyy

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkyy (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Гладкий, born 24 August 1987) is a Ukrainian football forward who plays for Turkish TFF First League club Adana Demirspor. He has also appeared for the Ukraine national team. His last name is variously transliterated into English as Hladkiy,[2] Gladkiy[3] and Gladkyy.[4]

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
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Adana Demirspor
Number	71
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	9	(1)
2018	Chornomorets Odesa	9	(2)
2018	Çaykur Rizespor	8	(0)
2019–	Adana Demirspor	12	(5)
National team^‡
2004–2009	Ukraine U-21	15	(5)
2007–	Ukraine	11	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:53, 13 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 March 2019

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Hladkyy.

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, in the Ukrainian Cup final, during which he scored and also received a red card, Hladkyy earned the first trophy in his career when Shakhtar defeated rivals Dynamo Kyiv 2–0.

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. However, with the addition of strikers Yevhen Seleznyov and Marcelo Moreno, and with coach Mircea Lucescu using only one forward in a 4-5-1 formation, Hladkyy had difficulty keeping his spot in the starting line-up or even a place on the bench, leaving his future in doubt . After 10 league games with only 1 win, Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu started Hladkyy, who scored in the 28th minute in a 3–0 win over Chornomorets Odessa. Mircea gave Hladkyy another starting opportunity due to an injury to Luiz Adriano, and he 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 a Ukrainian Cup quarter final, although he also injured his own side's 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 victory in Spain over F.C. Barcelona, ending the latter's streak of 20 games without defeat. As a result of the win, Shakhtar collected more points in the group stage than ever before (9).

Unable to gain a regular place at Shakhtar Donetsk, he transferred to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 17 August 2010.[5]

Shakhtar Donetsk return

In May 2014, Hladkyy departed for FC Shakhtar Donetsk, signing a two-year contract.[6]

Dynamo Kyiv

Upon the expiration of his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk, Hladkyy signed a 3-year contract as a free agent with the Ukrainian champions, Dynamo Kyiv, on 23 May 2016.

Karpaty Lviv

On 2 March 2017 it was officially announced that Hladkyi is being loaned to Karpaty Lviv.[7] It was his second stint in the club over his career. In July of 2017 Dynamo has given Hladkyi a status of free agent and he signed a full-fledged contract with Karpaty.[8][9] While playing for Karpaty in April of 2017 he was recognized as a player of the month in the Ukrainian Premier League.[10]

Turkish Super League

Before signing his first contract with foreign club in August of 2018 and moving to Turkey,[11][12] Hladkyi earlier in 2018 spent his time playing for Chornomorets Odesa that struggled to stay in the Ukrainian premiers.[13]

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, his only goal in 11 matches for Ukraine's senior squad.[14] Since 2007, he has been called up to the main squad by Oleg Blokhin and then Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, but has not appeared for Ukraine since 2015.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 March 2019

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	2	0	0	0	25	4
	2011–12	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	Total	23	2	6	2	2	0	0	0	31	4
Karpaty Lviv	2011–12	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	4
	2012–13	23	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	26	5
	2013–14	28	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	10
	Total	59	18	7	1	0	0	0	0	66	19
Shakhtar Donetsk	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 Lviv	2016–17	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	4
	2017–18	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	Total	22	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	5
Chornomorets Odesa	2017–18	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
	Total	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Çaykur Rizespor	2018–19	8	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	12	3
	Total	8	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	12	3
Adana Demirspor	2018–19	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
	Total	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Career total		333	94	47	16	43	8	5	4	428	122

International

As of 16 March 2019

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
2018	0	0
Total	11	1

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[15]

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

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Blokhin fits up trusted squad". Article at ffu.org.ua. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
3. Player profile at uefa.com, uefa.com, accessed 7 October 2007
4. Player profile at shakhtar.com Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, shakhtar.com, accessed 7 October 2007
5. "Александр Гладкий: "О переходе в "Днепр" долго не думал" (Oleksandr Hladkyy: About the transfer to "Dnipro" did not think long about it)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
6. Гладкий підписав контракт із Шахтарем на два роки. www.champion.com.ua (in Ukrainian). champion.com.ua. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
7. "Офіційно: Олександр Гладкий - гравець Карпат" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
8. Гладкий і Мякушко покинуть «Динамо»
9. Гладкий повернувся в «Карпати»
10. http://www.upl.ua/news/view/892
11. Гладкий перейшов в «Ризеспор»
12. "Çaykur Rizespor'umuz Ukraynalı Santrafor Oleksandr Gladkiy'i Transfer Etti" (in Turkish). 31 August 2018.
13. "«Чорноморець» вніс до заявки Олександра Гладкого". UA-Футбол. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
14. Game report from ScoresPro.com Game Report on ScoresPro.com Archived 5 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
15. "Kravets, Artem". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

External links

• Player Profile at Shakhtar Donetsk Official Website