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Personal information
Full name Aliaksandr Paŭlavič Hleb
Date of birth May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 26)
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Right Wing Midfielder
Childhood
Hleb grew up in Minsk, his mother was a builder while his father drove petrol tankers. His father was \"volunteered\" to help knock down uninhabitable houses in the Ukraine as the result of the Chernobyl disaster. Hleb believes this exposure to radiation has caused his father ill health. Before getting involved with football, Hleb was a keen swimmer and gymnast,.[1] which helps explain his flexibility and low centre of gravity on the pitch.
[edit] Early career
Hleb developed playing football on the concrete pitches of FC Dinamo Minsk school. At 17 he signed for FC BATE, a Premier League team just north of Minsk. The next season they won the Championship.
[edit] Stuttgart
Spotted by scouts he and his younger brother, Vyacheslav Hleb, were signed in 2000 by Germany side VfB Stuttgart for approximately €150,000.[2] He quickly established himself as one of the most important players of the side.
In 2002-03 Stuttgart finished runners-up in the Bundesliga and enjoyed a Champions League victory over Manchester United and Hleb had become established as the team\'s playmaker. However, after team manager Felix Magath left to join Bayern Munich, Stuttgart were not as successful under new coach Matthias Sammer.[specify] Nevertheless, Hleb was on top of the assist chart in his last season of the Bundesliga.
[edit] Arsenal
On June 28, 2005 he joined English side Arsenal for a sum which may reach €15,000,000;[citation needed] he agreed to a 4-year contract with Arsenal. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has used Hleb at many different midfield positions, but Hleb has mainly played on the right wing for Arsenal.
He scored his first goal on his debut for the Gunners against Barnet FC at the Underhill stadium, in a pre-season friendly within two minutes of coming off the bench at half-time. On August 21, 2005 he played his first competitive match for Arsenal, away to Chelsea. However, soon after, Hleb sustained a knee injury while on international duty with Belarus and was out for several months. Finding it hard to settle he was linked with a move back to Germany.[citation needed]
He returned to the Arsenal first team squad in December, playing 60 minutes in Arsenal\'s final UEFA Champions League group stage match against Ajax Amsterdam on December 7. By January 2006 Hleb had established himself as a first choice player, and featured in Arsenal\'s Champions League run to the final against FC Barcelona, in which he started.
On September 26, 2006 he scored the second goal for Arsenal in their Champions League match against F.C. Porto to give Arsenal a 2-0 victory, and scored again for Arsenal on October 22, 2006 against Reading, his first goal for Arsenal away from home.
During pre-season of the 2007-08 season, Hleb was moved from the right wing and played behind Robin Van Persie in the \"hole\". This proved a success with Hleb looking more comfortable in this position, and more of a threat to the opposition. On August 12, against Fulham F.C. in Arsenal\'s first Premier League game of the season, Hleb again played this position and scored a vital goal to seal a victory for Arsenal. He followed that up with another goal in a Champions League first-leg tie against Sparta Prague in Prague, the game ending 2-0 to Arsenal. |
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