The legendary Belarusian footballer Alexander Hleb

Belarusian football midfielder, Alexander Hleb was born in 1981 in the capital-Minsk. This player has repeatedly received the title of best football player of Belarus and is a legendary athlete, master of sports of international class. He is the only representative of his state, who played in each of the three strongest Championships of the European continent – German, English and Spanish.

Childhood and first football steps

Alexander since childhood, fond of sports, but to opt for football helped his father, who brought six boys to the location of the field office in Minsk «Dynamo». The young player spent several years in in the Dinamo school of football, then decided to continue to engage in BATE – a club located in the town of Borisov. When Alexander was seventeen years old, he signed with the Borisov team professional contract in its composition in 1999, he first entered the field of football and even won the championship of Belarus.

The Beginning of the professional path

A Delightful action midfielder on the pitch could not escape from the prying eyes of foreign observers, and the following year the player was invited to the German "Stuttgart", where he went with the assistance of the Manager Shpilevsky. Along with him there and moved his younger brother Vyacheslav-the contracts of both players the club bought for 150 thousand euros. It is in the German team the player has risen to the top level.

Do Not fall immediately into the first team Alexander Gleb has continued to exercise due diligence on the training sparring that could not fail to notice the head coach of the "Stuttgart" magat, eventually entrusting him with the place. Alexander worked honestly for a five-year contract. Having a team of more than 170 official matches, the player scored over three dozen goals, earning the reputation as the best playmaker of the German championship.

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Further club career

At the end of the contract with the German club Alexander decided to apply their professional skills in one of the top clubs of the English Premier League – London «Arsenal» paid "Stuttgart" for the transfer of the player 15 million euros. The debut of Alexander in the squad in 2005 was marred by injury, and even rumors of his imminent return to Germany, but next season the player managed to gain a foothold in the base, began to show excellent game and soon became one of the team leaders. Partners club has repeatedly noted the strong action of Gleb and his versatility, which allowed him to play the position as a playmaker and winger. In the London club Alexander Hleb almost managed to win the international Cup, reaching the team finals of the Champions League. The «Arsenal» the player has played almost 90 matches in which he scored seven goals.

Dissatisfied with the lack of trophies, Hleb, despite the exhortations of Arsene Wenger, in 2008, moved to Catalan «Barcelona», with which he hoped to accomplish his dream. But as it turned out, his decision was the beginning of the end of club career. Trauma, lack of confidence coaches in the strength of a football player, Alexander unwillingness to learn the language – all this has a negative impact on the ability of the player to gain a foothold in for the Catalans. In the end, the player played 18 official matches in the t-shirt «Barcelona», and even won the Champions League Cup, and then started renting. Two times the player visited the «Wolfsburg» and «Derby County», after which the player and club came to an early termination of the contract.

In 2012 «Krylia Sovetov» become a team, which joined Alexander Hleb. Player six months played for the Samara command, and then returned to his native BATE. With his first club the player has signed a contract for one year, then extended it for another same period. In early 2014, Belarusian midfielder has signed a contract with Turkish team “Konyaspor”, but due to disagreements with the coach soon ceased to take the field. Today the contract was signed by Turkish “injury” and Alexander Hleb, where he plays a football player on the attacking position of midfielder.

Career

In 2000, the BATE player was noticed by the coach of the youth national team of Belarus and invited the young talent to the team, where Gleb participated in the finals of the European championship of 2004. For the young team, he scored 5 goals in 24 matches.

Since 2001, the player plays for the senior national team, and for a time was captain of the national team. In the period from 2002 to 2008 Alexander six times was recognized as the best footballer of the Republic. It is also the first among Belarusian players, who played in the final of the main tournament of the UEFA.