Oleksandr Haydash

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Haydash ; born 7 August 1967 in Zhdanov is a former Ukrainian and Russian professional football striker and current manager.

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 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 he took Russian citizenship. Under the russified name Aleksandr Gaydash in 2014 he became a general director of TSK Simferopol.
He is the father of Andriy Gaydash.