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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkyi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1987-08-24)24 August 1987 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lozova,Kharkiv Oblast,Ukrainian SSR | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Avanhard Lozova | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Metalist Kharkiv | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | →Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Adana Demirspor | 24 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Zorya Luhansk | 38 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Chornomorets Odesa | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Avanhard Lozova | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Ukraine U17 | 17 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Ukraine U19 | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Ukraine U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Ukraine U21 | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | Ukraine | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkyi (Ukrainian:Олександр Миколайович Гладкий, born 24 August 1987) is aUkrainianprofessionalfootballer who plays as aforward for an amateur sideAvanhard Lozova. He has also appeared for theUkraine national team. His last name is variously transliterated into English asHladkyy.
Hladkyi began his career inMetalist Kharkiv's football academy, and soon after, the young player was invited to another professional club from theKharkiv,FC Kharkiv. Under the direction of coachVolodymyr Bessonov, Hladkyi became a regular player for the club and soon established himself as one of the best strikers in theleague. His first fame came in the2006–07 season, when after scoring 13 goals to finish as the Ukrainian league's top scorer.
After this success, Hladkyi attracted the notice of giantsShakhtar Donetsk, and on 8 June 2007, he signed a five-year deal worth €2.5 million with the club.
On 7 May 2008, in theUkrainian Cup final, during which he scored and also received a red card, Hladkyi earned the first trophy in his career when Shakhtar defeated rivalsDynamo Kyiv 2–0.
Hladkyi won the2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League with Shakhtar, 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 strikersYevhen Seleznyov andMarcelo Moreno, and with coachMircea Lucescu using only one forward in a4-5-1formation, Hladkyi 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 Hladkyi, who scored in the 28th minute in a 3–0 win overChornomorets Odesa. Mircea gave Hladkyi another starting opportunity due to an injury toLuiz Adriano, and he scored the third goal in Shakhtar's 4–2 win overFC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Hladkyi scored a winner for Shakhtar againstOlexandria in the 93rd minute in aUkrainian Cup quarter-final, although he also injured his own side's second-choice goalkeeperRustam Khudzhamov during a collision in the Shakhtar penalty area. He scored his first twoUEFA Champions League goals in a historic 3–2 victory in Spain overF.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 atShakhtar Donetsk, he transferred toDnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 17 August 2010.[2]
In May 2014, Hladkyi departed forFC Shakhtar Donetsk, signing a two-year contract.[3]
Upon the expiration of his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk, Hladkyi signed a 3-year contract as a free agent with the Ukrainian champions,Dynamo Kyiv, on 23 May 2016.
On 2 March 2017 it was officially announced that Hladkyi is being loaned toKarpaty Lviv.[4] It was his second stint in the club over his career. In July 2017 Dynamo has given Hladkyi a status of free agent and he signed a full-fledged contract with Karpaty.[5][6] While playing for Karpaty in April 2017 he was recognized as a player of the month in theUkrainian Premier League.[7]
Before signing his first contract with foreign club in August 2018 and moving to Turkey,[8][9] Hladkyi earlier in 2018 spent his time playing forChornomorets Odesa that struggled to stay in the Ukrainian premiers.[10]
Oleksandr Hladkyi was a regular member of theUkraine national under-21 football team and scored 6 goals in 12 games. On 22 August 2007, he made his debut for the seniorUkraine national football team in a friendly against Uzbekistan and scored the opening goal, his only goal in 11 matches for Ukraine's senior squad.[11] Since 2007, he has been called up to the main squad byOleg Blokhin and thenOleksiy Mykhailychenko, but has not appeared for Ukraine since 2015.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metalist Kharkiv | 2003–04 | Ukrainian First League | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 3 | ||
| 2004–05 | Vyshcha Liha | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 4 | ||||
| Kharkiv | 2004–05 | Vyshcha Liha | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Vyshcha Liha | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2006–07 | Vyshcha Liha | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 13 | |||
| Total | 64 | 18 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 67 | 19 | ||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2007–08 | Vyshcha Liha | 29 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1[a] | 1 | 46 | 21 |
| 2008–09 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | 42 | 7 | |
| 2009–10 | Ukrainian Premier League | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | |
| 2010–11 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 82 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 124 | 38 | ||
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2010–11 | Ukrainian Premier League | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 25 | 4 | |
| 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 4 | |||
| Karpaty Lviv | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2013–14 | Ukrainian Premier League | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 10 | |||
| Total | 59 | 18 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 66 | 19 | ||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3[c] | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 30 | 16 |
| 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1[a] | 0 | 31 | 9 | |
| Total | 36 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 25 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 5 | ||||
| Chornomorets Odesa | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 2 | ||
| Çaykur Rizespor | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 12 | 3 | ||
| Adana Demirspor | 2018–19 | TFF First League | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 333 | 94 | 47 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 428 | 122 | ||
| 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 | |
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 August 2007 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium,Kyiv,Ukraine |  Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
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