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Alexander Gleb was born on May 1, 1981 in the USSR. He is one of the best Belarusian football players, possessing a huge number of honorary titles and awards.

Alexander Gleb was born in the capital of Belarus, Minsk. He started playing football at the age of 6. In addition to this sport, he tried himself in athletics and diving, but his efforts in this area did not bring any special results. Sasha’s father, Pavel Grigorievich, supported his son’s endeavors in football, he tried in every possible way to help him in this difficult sport. It should be noted that it was precisely through the instructions of his father that the boy got into this sport.

Alexander Gleb trained at the Dynamo sports club. His first mentor was the famous coach Sinyakevich. After several months of intense training, Sasha began to demonstrate

excellent skills, and many began to predict an excellent football career for him. The boy confidently controlled the ball and already took a leadership position on the football field.

When the young football player turned 15, he was accepted into the national junior team of Belarus. He switched to experienced coach Alexander Bashmakov. It was at this stage of his development that Sasha showed his leadership qualities, becoming one of the best football players in his country.

The next club after Dynamo was BATE. There his mentor was Yuri Puntusu. Thanks to the efforts of this talented man, Alexander Gleb became a world-class football player, receiving the title of champion of Belarus.

In 2000, Alexander Gleb moved to the Stuttgart football club. Over the course of several years of playing in this club, he became one of the professional

best players in Europe. Sasha took part in the most prestigious championships and became the owner of numerous prestigious titles.

In 2005, the Belarusian football player moved to the English Arsenal. A month later, he already received the title of the team's best player. He won the hearts of millions of Britons, who accepted the foreign athlete as a long-familiar national player.

At the moment, Alexander Gleb is one of the main players of Arsenal. But, despite this, he never refuses to take part in games for the Belarus national team. He was always proud of his homeland, and will defend its interests even without fabulous fees and titles. Alexander is a true patriot of his country and will do everything to ensure that Belarusian football is not in last place in the world.

Started playing football at the age of 6 years. In addition to this sport, he tried himself in athletics and diving, but did not achieve serious results in these sports. His father, Pavel Grigorievich, supported his son’s endeavors in football and helped him; It was on the instructions of his father that Gleb began playing football at the Dynamo Minsk school. At the age of 17, he signed a contract with BATE Borisov, and the following year the team won the Belarusian championship.

Having attracted the attention of scouts, Alexander and his younger brother Vyacheslav went to Germany in 2000 to play for Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. Their contracts were bought by Stuttgart for 150,000 euros. Alexander made his debut in the Bundesliga on September 5, 2000 in an away match against Kaiserslautern, coming on as a substitute 20 minutes before the end of the match. In his first season for Stuttgart, Gleb appeared on the field in only 6 matches, and already in the next season he became one of the team’s key players.

In the 2002/03 season, Stuttgart took second place in the Bundesliga and qualified for the Champions League, where they defeated Manchester United, and Gleb became the team's playmaker. However, Stuttgart head coach Felix Magath then left the club to take over Bayern in the summer of 2004, and Stuttgart only finished fifth the following season. Gleb became the best assistant in the Bundesliga season 2004/05.

On July 28, 2005, Gleb moved to Arsenal in London, the transfer amount was about 15 million euros (under certain conditions: number of games, etc.). The contract was for 4 years. On August 21, Gleb played his first official match for Arsenal away against Chelsea. Soon after, he was injured in a game for the Belarus national team and was out for several months, losing his place in the Arsenal team, which led to rumors about his desire to return to Germany. However, he returned to the first team on December 7, playing 60 minutes in the Champions League match against Ajax Amsterdam. By January 2006, he had established himself in the first team and scored his first goal for Arsenal against Middlesbrough. On May 17, Gleb became the first Belarusian football player to play in the Champions League final. In total, in his first season for Arsenal, he appeared on the field in 40 matches, scoring 3 goals.

The next season at Arsenal started well for him: in his first official match of the season, he made 2 assists (Arsenal's victory over Dinamo Zagreb with a score of 3:0 in the qualifying round of the Champions League). Constantly appearing on the field at the base, Gleb became an important part of Arsene Wenger's team. In the 2006/07 season, Gleb played 48 matches for Arsenal (40 of them were in the starting lineup), scoring 3 goals.

In the 2007/08 season, due to a series of injuries in the team, Gleb’s versatility was fully revealed, playing on both flanks of midfield, in central midfield and in the forward position. He showed good performances in the Champions League matches, where he played as an attacking midfielder with a lot of freedom. On July 17, 2008, Gleb moved to Barcelona for £11.8 million.

Things didn't work out for him at Barcelona. He suffered an injury early in the season which forced him to miss more than a month. After that, he was unable to prove to head coach Guardiola that he was worthy of being in the starting lineup. Alexander mostly replaced players who needed rest. By March, he had only started 5 times in the Spanish Championship. Because of this, rumors appeared about a possible move to Bayern. Alexander expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the coach prefers other players. According to Gleb, of his direct competitors, only Messi surpassed him in terms of level of play.

In July 2009, Gleb was supposed to be part of the deal to exchange Ibrahimovic for Eto'o, but Alexander refused to go on loan to Internazionale. On July 30, it became known that Gleb went on a one-year loan to Stuttgart, for whom he had previously played. At the same time, Alexander admitted that he regrets leaving Arsenal, but nothing can be done about it. He spent the 2009/2010 season in Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, without scoring a single goal and only hitting the target twice, Gleb returns to Barcelona.

On January 31, 2012, he terminated his contract with Barcelona (valid until June 30, 2012) early by mutual consent.

On February 17, 2012, he officially transferred to Krylia Sovetov Samara.

Achievements

Team

• Champion of Belarus: 1999

• Intertoto Cup winner: 2002
• Silver medalist of the German Championship: 2002/03

• League Cup finalist: 2006/07
• 3rd place in the English Championship: 2007/08
• UEFA Champions League finalist: 2005/06

• Copa del Rey winner: 2008/09
• Champion of Spain: 2008/09
• UEFA Champions League winner: 2008/09

• League Cup winner: 2010/11

Personal

• Best Footballer of Belarus (6): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• The first Belarusian footballer to play in the final match of the UEFA Champions League (in 2006 with Arsenal)
• The first Belarusian footballer to win the UEFA Champions League (in 2009 with Barcelona)

Personal life

He is married to Anastasia Kosenkova, a former singer of the Belarusian pop group Topless.

Alexander Pavlovich Gleb- Belarusian football player.

Biography

Born on May 1, 1981 in Minsk. He started playing football at the age of 6 at the Dynamo Minsk Sports School. His first coach was Vladimir Sinyakevich. Also, as a child, he was involved in athletics and diving.

BATE

At the age of 17, he signed a contract with the BATE club from the city of Borisov, with which he became the champion of Belarus in 1999. In July 2012, he returned to BATE again, concluding a contract first until the end of August, and then until the end of the year. He played as part of the club in the Champions League. In January 2013, he signed a one-year contract with BATE, and then announced that he would not renew it. During this season he was included in the list of the 22 best football players of the Belarusian championship according to the BFF. In August 2015 he returned to BATE.

Career

In 2000, together with his brother Vyacheslav, he went to Germany to play for FC Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. In September 2000, Alexander played his first league match in a game against Kaiserslautern. He came on as a substitute with 20 minutes remaining in the match. In his first season for FC he played 6 matches, and in 2001 he became a key player. In the 2002-2003 season, he became second in the Bundesliga with the team and qualified for the Champions League, where he won the game against Manchester United and became the team's playmaker. The following season, the team's coach left the team and went to Bayern, and the team took only 5th place in the league. Alexander became the best assistant in the Bundesliga in the 2004-2005 season. In July 2005 he began playing for London Arsenal. The contract was concluded for 4 years, and its amount was 15 million euros. In August 2005, Alexander played his first match for the team, replacing Cesc Fabregas in a match against Newcastle. Later he was injured in the Belarusian national team and left the team for several months, which led to his departure from the Arsenal main team. In December he returned to action and spent a full hour in a game against Ajax Amsterdam in the Champions League. In January 2006, he finally joined the main team and scored his first goal for the club in a match against Middlesbrough. In the 2005-2006 season he played 40 matches and scored 3 goals. In the 2006-2007 season, in the first match against Dinamo Zagreb, he made 2 assists that led to goals, as a result, Arsenal defeated Dinamo with a score of 3:0. During the season he played 48 games, of which he was in the starting lineup in 40 and scored 3 goals. In the 2007-2008 season, he proved himself to be a versatile player, playing in the positions of midfielder, central defender and forward. In July 2008 he began playing for Barcelona. Immediately after the transition, he was injured and was out of action for a month. In his first season for Barcelona, ​​he rarely appeared on the field, sometimes replacing the main players. In March 2009, it was only the fifth time that he appeared in the main team in a game in the Spanish Championship. As Alexander himself claimed, the coach did not like him, although only Messi was ahead of him in terms of his level of play. In July 2009, Gleb was supposed to be exchanged for Eto'o, but Gleb refused to move to International. In January 2012, he terminated his contract with Barcelona, ​​which, with a successful combination of circumstances, was supposed to be valid until the end of June. In July 2009, he returned to Stuttgart for a year, without scoring a single goal during the season and hitting the target twice. He returned to Barcelona again after the season. In August 2010 he was loaned to Birmingham City. In August 2011, he was loaned to Wolfsburg. In February 2012, he began playing for Samara Krylya Sovetov. The first match was against Amkar, where Gleb played for the main team. In January 2014, he began playing for the Turkish Konyaspor, then in May he extended his contract for a year, but by the end of 2014 he terminated it due to the fact that he was no longer included in the squad for the championship and Turkish Cup matches. In February 2015, he began playing for the Turkish Genclerbirligi. In January 2016 he returned to Genclerbirligi.

Awards

As a member of the Belarusian national team, he became the national champion in 199, 2012, 2013 and 2015. In 2002 he received the Intertoto Cup, became the champion of Spain and the winner of the Spanish Cup in the 2008-2009 season, and in the same season won the UEFA Champions League. In 2011 he received the Football League Cup. In the individual championship he became the best football player in Belarus in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. He became the first Belarusian football player to play in the final match of the UEFA Champions League and win the UEFA Champions League. In August 2005 he became the best player of the month in Aresnal. In 2004, he won the BelSwissBank trophy named after Alexander Prokopenko in the nomination For football talent and dedication in playing for Belarus.

European breeders paid attention to it even earlier. Olympiacos offered a million for him, but they decided not to consider the Greek championship. The Munich 1860 scouts noticed him at a youth tournament in Slovakia - they took his contact information, then looked at him in Belarus, and he went to Munich. At the first training session, Werner Lorant looked at this fragile “Russian” with skepticism. But after he drove Thomas Hessler himself around in training, he was immediately offered a contract. They wanted to take it, but in the end the clubs did not agree.

Stuttgart noticed him at a youth tournament in Germany, he was remembered, and then a contract was signed with him without prior screening. So at the age of 18 he became a player in the Bundesliga club. Before the summer, he played for another six months in BATE (12 matches, 3 goals). He cost the Germans only 150 thousand euros - according to the contract, if he did not play in Germany, he could return to BATE for free. What was shining for him in Germany? A difficult start in the second team, and before him more than one player had broken down...

Oddly enough, he didn’t have to wait long for his debut in the Bundesliga; already in the 3rd round he came on as a substitute against Kaiserslautern. At that time, Stuttgart was going through difficult financial times, although the club still had the same composition: the then little-known Timo Hildebrand was in goal, the Brazilian Marcelo Bordon was in defense, the Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov was in midfield (part of that “Stuttgart” finalist of the 98 Cup Winners’ Cup ), Hungarian Christian Listes, Croatian Zvonimir Soldo (the basis of the Croatian national team - the recent opening of the World Cup), Guinean Pablo Thiam, experienced German Jens Todt, Romanians Viorel Ganya and Sean Dundee were in charge of the attack. But things obviously didn’t work out for Ralf Rangnick’s team – they still spent the first part of the season somehow, and in the second round the club began to fall into the relegation zone. Perhaps the search for a game helped Gleb get more playing time. It is interesting that in the second round of the German Cup, Stuttgart had to play against their double team - Gleb then became a starter for the first team. In the 22nd round, Rangnick even entrusted him with a place in the home match against Hertha (again a 0-1 defeat). Already in the next round, the club was headed by Felix Magath, a key figure in the development of Gleb. That season, Magath relied on experienced players and somehow saved the club from relegation. Gleb spent the whole season wandering from the first team to the second (17 matches, 4 goals in the regional league). Magat is a lover of discipline and after Gleb was late from the national team, he sent him to the second team until the end of the season. Then, because of this, Gleb almost moved to Perugia, with whom they had already agreed on everything, but the club did not let him go.

In Germany, he gradually settled down, in which he was helped by his agent Nikolai Shpilevsky, who once also played football and ended his career in Germany. He arranged Alexander’s life and moved him to, who began to play for Stuttgart 2 in the regional league. In the summer of 2001, Magath completely rebuilt the team - Magath still had some physical stress, but Gleb endured it. The start of the season was a little blurry... Gleb's mobile phone rang while Magath was giving instructions - he started the season on the bench. The player was eager to prove his class to Magath, and in the fourth round, Gleb entered the away match against Nuremberg. This match was a benefit for Gleb - 3 assists, perfect technique and vision of the game brought his club a 4-2 victory! The German publication Kikker gave Gleb the highest score of 1, included him in the team of the tour and recognized him as a player of the tour. Since then, Gleb has become a starting player. This was his first serious season at a serious level - he constantly played and gained experience. They remembered him at home too - CSKA scouts invited him to Moscow. The club finished 8th and had to qualify for the UEFA Cup through the Intertoto Cup in the summer. In training, Gleb often got it from local players, who saw him as a competitor for a place in the team - but in Germany there were no such young players of Gleb’s level.

The following season, Stuttgart reached its full potential. Magath managed to combine two playmakers on the field – Balakov and Gleb. In the Bundesliga, the club became vice-champion - in the last round, already relegated Energia took points from Dortmund, and Stuttgart took advantage of this. Although there was no talk of real rivalry with Bayern - 75 points for the Munich team and 59 for Stuttgart. They started the season in the summer - they had to get into the UEFA Cup (8 matches, 1 goal). In the first round, his goal helped beat the Belgian Lokeren. Then there was an unpleasant duel with the Italian Perugia (3-1 and 1-2). In the final, the French Lille were defeated in a difficult fight (0-1 and 2-0). In the UEFA Cup, the club reached the 1/8 finals, where in a bitter struggle they lost to the future finalist Celtic. After a home defeat 1-3, at home by the 15th minute his team was burning 0-2, but goals from Tiffert, Gleb and Mutzel snatched victory from the Scots - 3-2.

The following season they started in the group stage of the Champions League in a group with Manchester United, Glasgow Rangers and Panathinaikos. In such a difficult group they finished second, and in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League they lost to Mourinho’s Chelsea in two nervous matches. In the championship, the club stayed in the Champions League zone for a long time, even in first place in seven rounds. In the last round, Stuttgart lost away to Bayer 0-2 and lost third place to them, giving them the right to start in the Champions League. Interestingly, a season earlier, Gleb made fun of Bayer 3-0 (goal + pass from Alexander).

The season turned out to be a failure - the management set the goal of becoming champions (obvious dizziness from success), but after relegation from the Champions League, the team sat down and lost the necessary points. The management decided not to pay bonuses for the year due to failure to complete the task, after which Felix Magath left the club in the off-season, going for a promotion to Bayern. He wanted to take Alexander with him, but Magath’s “regime” made Gleba so disgusted that the transition was out of the question. But Beckenbauer himself called him the best dribbler in the Bundesliga. In the off-season, Arsenal, Liverpool, Milan and Eidenhoven applied for Gleb. However, the team's new coach, Matthias Sammer, simply did not let Gleb go - in the new season, the club's entire game had to be built through him. But even then his agent Shpilevsky commented that in a season Gleb would become a gunner.

Last season, Gleb carried Stuttgart on himself, eventually pushing them to fifth place - he played in all matches and became the best passer in the Bundesliga with 14 assists. Gleb had clearly outgrown the level of the club and needed a new challenge.

A new challenge in his career was the London Arsenal, where he was sold for 18 million euros (16 direct payments + 2 million bonuses) - over 5 seasons he “rose in price” 120 times, and from the transfer 450 thousand euros (5% of transfer) went to the clubs that raised him (100 thousand to BATE and 350 thousand to Dynamo Minsk). During the transition, an unexpected problem arose - Gleb was one of the highest paid players in the Bundesliga, and Arsenal could not afford such a salary. As a result, it was decided to pay based on “production” - the fixed part of the salary was much less than in Stuttgart, but they paid 60 thousand pounds for a starting job, and 30 thousand for a replacement exit. Gunners coach Arsene Wenger has long been known in Europe as a talent discoverer - in his team, yesterday's understudies become stars, and if they take a ready-made star, they take a long and meticulous approach to such transfers. Wenger looked closely at Gleb for a long time - his style was ideal for the Gunners' one-touch-football. Gleb plays perfectly with one touch, perfectly knows how to quickly aggravate any situation, he is an excellent dribbler. Gleb's only drawback is that he rarely escalates the situation. He plays too close to the other goal to score so few goals. Wenger had to correct this shortcoming of the Belarusian.

Gleb went to the club as a replacement for the Frenchman Robert Pires and was supposed to get his number seven, in the end he stayed, and Gleb had to choose between numbers 5 and 6. Gleb chose 13... In Stuttgart he wore number 15. Alexander also wanted to become Gleb, not Hleb, but everything remained the same. His name was written in the Belarusian manner - Aliaksandr.

It was quite difficult for Gleb to get used to English football, and as soon as his game improved, he was injured and missed about two months. Nevertheless, he played as a starter - in the championship, the Gunners in the last round took advantage of Tottenham's misfire in the match with West Ham and barely took the final fourth place - just a pass to the Champions League. The championship was out of the question this season - it was the season of Mourinho and Chelsea (91 points). The Gunners took only 67 points - it was extremely far from Manchester United (83) and Liver (82). But in the Champions League, for once, Wenger approached a serious title.

In the light group (Ajax, Thun, Sparta), the Gunners took first, and in the 1/8 they ran into Real Madrid. Unpleasant of course, but surmountable (0-0 and 1-0). in the quarterfinals there is another giant - Juventus (2-0, 0-0).

In the semi-finals we faced the ambitious but inexperienced Villarreal. Here Alexander showed his best qualities and managed to beat the Spaniards - 1-0 and 0-0. In the final, the Gunners had to confront the third Spanish club - the famous Barcelona, ​​which knocked out Chelsea and Milan on the way to the final. There was no equal fight in the final. In the 18th minute, German keeper Jens Lehmann was sent off; in the first half, Sol Campbell put the Gunners ahead, but in the second half, Barca put the squeeze on Wenger's team. As a result, Gleb was content with just the status of a Champions League finalist.

In the summer of 2006, Pires moved to Villarreal, and Gleb finally won his place in the center of the field. But the club, as usual, fought only for a place in the Champions League, and ended up again in fourth place with 68 points after Manchester United (89), Chelsea (83) and Liverpool (68). In the Champions League, a rather unexpected relegation already 1/8 away from PSV. In the League Cup, Arsenal, playing almost double, reached the final. In the final, Gleb came on as a substitute in the 68th minute, but Chelsea, together with Shevchenko, crushed the Gunners.

In the summer, the club's main star, Thierry Henry (Barcelona), left the team, and Swede Frederik Ljungberg went to West Ham to finish his game. Wenger's youth had to take over the game. And they coped with it... almost coped with it. After the first lap, Arsenal was confidently in first place, but very quickly lost their advantage. In the 21st round, Manchester United beat the Gunners for the first time, taking advantage of a misfire in the match with Birmingham. Then they again broke away from Manchester United by five points, but in the 30th round, Manchester United again caught up with Arsenal - a series of unimpressive draws with the middle peasants made themselves felt. Already in the next round there was a defeat from Chelsea and already third place. After that, everything became clear – another season of unfulfilled hopes for Wenger’s forever young team.

Already during the season, they began to talk about Gleb moving to a stronger club. Wenger even had to complain about the behavior of Inter Milan, which allegedly negotiated the transfer behind their back. Then they refuted everything - Gleb seems to be staying. But in the end, in the summer, Barcelona buys him for 15 million euros (for which he bought and sold). Wenger could not keep the player at the club - he was no stranger to losing key players.

He came to Barcelona as a star in a team of stars: Henry, Messi, Eto, Gudjohnssen, Xavi, Dani Alves, Iniesta, Puyol. In Guardiola’s team, he had to prove everything all over again. And at first he didn’t succeed. “ Barça has firmly taken first place in the Primero, but Gleb's contribution to this is small. With such a selection of players, there was no place for him in the main team - he seems good to everyone, but not Messi :) Rarely threatens the goal, and filigree passes... and to whom are they are they needed when the team is already destroying everyone around them?!This state of affairs cannot suit Gleb and he can move to another club in the summer.

* The number of games and goals for a professional club is calculated only for the various national championship leagues, corrected as of September 16, 2016.

** Number of games and goals for the national team in official matches, adjusted according to status
as of January 15, 2020.

Alexander Pavlovich Gleb(belor. Alexander Paulavich Gleb; May 1, 1981, Minsk, Belarusian SSR, USSR) - Belarusian football player, midfielder of the Belarusian club BATE (Borisov) and the Belarusian national team.

Club career

Dynamo (Minsk)

Started playing football at the age of 6 years. Pupil of the football school SDYUSHOR "Dynamo" (Minsk). The first coach is Vladimir Ivanovich Sinyakevich. In addition to this sport, he tried himself in athletics and diving, but did not achieve serious results in these sports. His father, Pavel Grigorievich, supported his son’s endeavors in football and helped him; It was on the instructions of his father that Gleb began playing football at the Dynamo Minsk school.

BATE

At the age of 17, he signed a contract with BATE Borisov, and the following year the team won the Belarusian Championship.

"Stuttgart"

Having attracted the attention of scouts, Alexander and his younger brother Vyacheslav went to Germany in 2000 to play for “” in the Bundesliga. Their contracts were bought by Stuttgart for 150,000 euros. Alexander made his Bundesliga debut on September 5, 2000 in an away match against Kaiserslautern, coming on as a substitute 20 minutes before the end of the match. In his first season for Stuttgart, Gleb appeared on the field in only 6 matches, and already in the next season he became one of the team’s key players.

On January 31, 2012, he terminated his contract with Barcelona (valid until June 30, 2012) early by mutual consent.

"Stuttgart"

On July 30, it became known that Gleb went on a one-year loan to Stuttgart, for whom he had previously played. At the same time, Alexander admitted that he regrets leaving Arsenal, but nothing can be done about it. He spent the 2009/2010 season in Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, without scoring a single goal and only hitting the target twice, Gleb returns to Barcelona.

Birmingham City

On August 31, 2010, he transferred to Birmingham City on loan.

Wolfsburg

On the night of August 30-31, 2011, he moved to Wolfsburg on loan.

On February 17, 2012, he officially transferred to Krylia Sovetov Samara. The debut took place in the match with Amkar (1:2) - Gleb started from the first minutes. Alexander played 8 matches as part of the Samara club

Return to BATE

On July 26, 2012, he signed a contract with the BATE club, for which he had already played, valid until August 30. On August 31, he extended the contract until the end of 2012. Participant of the 2012/13 Champions League with BATE. On January 16, 2013, he entered into a new contract with BATE until December 31, 2013. In November 2013, the football player announced that he would not renew his contract with the Belarusian club. The BFF was included in the list of the 22 best football players of the 2013 Belarusian Championship.

"Konyaspor"

On January 5, 2014, the midfielder signed a contract with the Konyaspor club for a period of six months with a possible extension for another year by mutual agreement of the parties, which happened on May 29. By the end of 2014, due to a conflict with the team coach, Gleb stopped being included in the squad for the championship and Turkish Cup matches and terminated his contract with the club.

"Genchlerbirligi"

On February 2, 2015, the football player signed a six-month contract with another Turkish club, Genclerbirligi.

Second return to BATE

On August 7, 2015, midfielder Alexander Gleb returned to BATE again, signing a contract until the end of the 2015/16 season.

Return to “Genclerbirligi”

On January 8, 2016, Gleb again signed a six-month contract with the Turkish Genclerbirligi (Ankara).

Awards and achievements

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