Alexander Gladky is not yet thirty, and he managed to play for almost all the clubs from the top of the table of the Ukrainian Premier League. To some extent, this is a phenomenon, because many clubs have historically had a difficult relationship, so it’s sometimes difficult to decide on a transition.
star way
Smooth Alexander Nikolaevich is a football player whose life and sporting path began in Kharkov. Having passed the strong school of the local Metalist, the striker loudly declared himself in the ranks of Arsenal and FC Kharkov. The merits of the striker did not go unnoticed and, barely reaching his twentieth birthday, Alexander replaced the Premier League debutant with one of the championship “whales” - Donetsk Shakhtar.
The then miners' coach, Mircea Lucescu, did not hesitate to give advances to the guy. Say, athletic, fast, reads the game well, has a flair for the scorer. And Alexander Gladky very quickly justified his confidence, starting to score in almost every match. The peak of his three-year stay in the Donetsk team can be called matches against the Catalan Barcelona. Then the young striker really enchanted and helped the team win an important victory in the Champions League, and after that - and win the last UEFA Cup.
Not everything is so smooth
Over the years, Mr. Lucescu in the club began to increasingly trust the legionnaires. Even the relatively tight limit on foreign players did not help the Ukrainian attacker, and after Shakhtar switched to a single-forward scheme, Alexander Gladky even rarely began to get into the starting lineup. It is not surprising that the player quickly agreed to less attractive conditions and changed his residence permit to Dnipropetrovsk.
By that time, Gladky managed to gain a foothold in the National Team of Ukraine, so an attacker of this class was a real find for the Bessonov team. However, it quickly became clear that the finest hour of the striker had passed, and two seasons later rented to the Lviv “Carpathians”. They forgot about the once formidable striker named Alexander Gladky just as quickly as he burst into Ukrainian football.
Horseback again
In Lviv, the striker’s game level went up again. Over the three seasons in all tournaments, he scored 19 times at the opponent’s goal (half of them fall at the last draw). Given that the Lviv team did not fight for high positions, this is a very good result. Gladky was again noticed in Shakhtar Donetsk, which had just parted with Brazilian star Eduardo and was going through hard times in the attack. Short negotiations took place and on the official resource of the miners at number 21 Gladky Alexander was again listed. The footballer began to play with renewed vigor and was again impressed during the first season. Even though Lucescu was still more trusted by the Brazilians in the attack, Gladky scored at the opponents' goal eleven times in 19 matches.
In a new role
The era of Lucescu at Shakhtar was drawing to a close, and it became clear that Alexander Gladky, who rarely appears on the field in the 2015-2016 season, would again change his football residence permit in the summer. His contract also expired, so the attacker could transfer to a new club in the status of a free agent, that is, for free. Imagine the public’s surprise when the club became the principal opponent of the miners - Dynamo Kyiv. So far, the striker justifies the skeptics' fears, because he rarely appears on the field and so far has not scored in official matches. However, apparently, the head coach of the team Sergey Rebrov continues to trust the player, which means that everything is in his hands.