Vyacheslav Hleb


Vyacheslav Paulavich Hleb is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.

Club career

Hleb has had unsuccessful trials with Scottish Premier League sides Inverness CT in 2005 and Hearts. In the summer of 2008, Hleb was close to being transferred to Dutch side Roda JC but the clubs could not agree.
On 10 February 2009, Hleb signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua. He played 27 league games and scored seven goals in Season 2009 but when Miroslav Blažević was appointed manager in December 2009, he decided that Hleb was not part of his plans to try and turn Shanghai Shenhua into league title contenders.
On 12 August 2010, Hleb transferred to Shenzhen Ruby on a loan deal. In 2011, he played for Dinamo Minsk as well as for FSV Frankfurt.
On 7 September 2012, AEL Kalloni from Football League (Greece) announced his transfer.

International career

Hleb was also an international for the Belarus national team. He was capped 45 times and scored a dozen goals for the national side.

Personal life

His older brother Alexander is also a footballer.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 August 2004Atatürk Stadium, Denizli, Turkey2–1Friendly
29 February 2005Stadion Dyskobolia, Poland3–1Friendly
315 November 2006A. Le Coq Arena, Estonia1–2Friendly
47 February 2007Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran1–12–2Friendly
57 February 2007Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran2–12–2Friendly
64 February 2008Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta1–2Friendly
726 March 2008Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus2–2Friendly
810 September 2008Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra3–1World Cup qualification
911 August 2010S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania1–02–0Friendly
1011 August 2010S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania2–02–0Friendly
1117 November 2010Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman4–0Friendly
129 February 2011Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey 1–1Friendly

Honours

MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Gomel
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino