Alyaksandr Hleb
Belarusian footballer
Aliaksandr Paulavich Hleb (Belarusian: Аляксандр Паўлавіч Глеб, pronounced [alʲakˈsand(a)r ˈɣlʲɛp];[2] Russian: Александр Павлович Глеб; born 1 May 1981), commonly named Alexander Hleb, is a Belarusian former professional footballer.
 Hleb with Konyaspor in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aliaksandr Paulavich Hleb[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk | ||
| 1998–1999 | BATE Borisov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk | 11 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | BATE Borisov | 25 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | VfB Stuttgart II | 17 | (1) |
| 2000–2005 | VfB Stuttgart | 137 | (13) |
| 2005–2008 | Arsenal | 89 | (7) |
| 2008–2012 | Barcelona | 19 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2011 | → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2012 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | BATE Borisov | 29 | (3) |
| 2014 | Konyaspor | 30 | (2) |
| 2015 | Gençlerbirliği | 15 | (2) |
| 2015 | BATE Borisov | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Gençlerbirliği | 12 | (0) |
| 2016 | BATE Borisov | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 7 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | BATE Borisov | 16 | (0) |
| 2019 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 488 | (35) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2004 | Belarus U21 | 24 | (5) |
| 2001–2019 | Belarus | 80 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
changeClub
change| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Dinamo-Juni Minsk | 1998 | Belarusian First League | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | [3] | |||||
| BATE Borisov | 1999 | Belarusian Premier League | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | [3] | |||||
| 2000 | 12 | 3 | – | – | – | 12 | 3 | [3] | |||||||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | – | ||||
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2000–01 | Regionalliga Süd | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 4 | [4] | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2000–01 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | [4] | ||
| 2001–02 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 35 | 2 | [4] | |||||
| 2002–03 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 16 | 4 | – | 52 | 9 | [4] | ||||
| 2003–04 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 43 | 5 | [4] | |||
| 2004–05 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 47 | 4 | [4] | |||
| Total | 137 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 20 | – | ||
| Arsenal | 2005–06 | Premier League | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 40 | 3 | [5] |
| 2006–07 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 48 | 3 | [6] | |||
| 2007–08 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | – | 42 | 4 | [7] | |||
| Total | 89 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 10 | – | ||
| Barcelona | 2008–09 | La Liga | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | – | 36 | 0 | [8] | ||
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [8] | |||
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [8] | |||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [8] | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | – | ||
| VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 36 | 1 | [4] | ||
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2010–11 | Premier League | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 2 | [9] | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg (loan) | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | [4] | ||
| Krylia Sovetov | 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | [10] | |||
| BATE Borisov | 2012 | Belarusian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | [10] | ||
| 2013 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | [10] | ||||
| Total | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | – | ||
| Konyaspor | 2013–14 | Süper Lig | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | [10] | |||
| 2014–15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | [10] | |||||
| Total | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | – | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 2 | [10] | |||
| BATE Borisov | 2015 | Belarusian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | [10] | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | [10] | |||
| BATE Borisov | 2016 | Belarusian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | [10] | ||
| Krylia Sovetov | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | [10] | |||
| BATE Borisov | 2018 | Belarusian Premier League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 27 | 1 | [10] | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | [10] | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | – | ||
| Career total | 475 | 38 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 113 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 641 | 51 | – | ||
- ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield
International
change- Scores and results list Belarus goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hleb goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 April 2002 | Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary |  Hungary |
1–1 | 5–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 19 May 2002 | Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia |  Ukraine |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 9 February 2005 | Dyskobolia Stadium, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland |  Poland |
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 16 August 2006 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus |  Andorra |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 1 April 2009 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan |
1–1 | 5–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 3 March 2010 | Antalya Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey |  Armenia |
2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Honours
changeBATE Borisov
VfB Stuttgart
Arsenal
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2006–07
Barcelona
- La Liga: 2008–09
- Copa del Rey: 2008–09
- UEFA Champions League: 2008–09
Birmingham City
Individual
- Belarusian Footballer of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Arsenal Player of the Month: August 2005
- kicker Team of the Year: 2004–05
References
change- ↑ Matthews, Tony, ed. (2012). The Birmingham City Miscellany. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-6343-8.
- ↑ "Наш HLEB || Фильм о выдающемся белорусском футболисте Александре Глебе || Alexander Hleb" [Our HLEB || A film about the outstanding Belarusian football player Aliaksandr Hleb || Alexander Hleb]. YouTube (in Belarusian). Belteleradio. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Alyaksandr Hleb at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Aliaksandr Hleb » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ↑ "Games played by Alyaksandr Hleb in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ↑ "Games played by Alyaksandr Hleb in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ↑ "Games played by Alyaksandr Hleb in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Alyaksandr Hleb at BDFutbol
- ↑ "Alexander Hleb". Birmingham City FC. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 Alyaksandr Hleb at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ↑ "Fulham triumph on first cup foray". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008.
"UEFA Intertoto Cup: Fixtures and Results: Match specific: Stuttgart 2–0 Lille". UEFA. 27 August 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2002. - ↑ "Carling Cup - Final - Arsenal v Birmingham City - Wembley Stadium". bluespicturestore.co.uk. Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 25 August 2018.