Quick Facts
Biography
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Haydash (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Гайдаш); Aleksandr Nikolaevich Gaydash (Russian: Александр Николаевич Гайдаш); (born 7 August 1967 in Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former Ukrainian (until 2014) and Russian (since 2014) professional football striker.
Career
He played for FC Shakhtar Donetsk, SC Tavriya Simferopol and FC Metalurh Mariupol' in Ukraine and Sarıyer G.K. in the Turkish Süper Lig. He is one of the leading goal-scorer (95) in the Ukrainian Premier League. He also scored 62 goals in the Soviet championship for SC Tavriya Simferopol.
Haydash made two appearances for the Ukraine national football team.
After the annexation of Crimea to Russia took Russian citizenship. Aleksandr Gaydash in 2014 he became a general director of TSK Simferopol.
He is the father of Andriy Gaydash.