Vyacheslav Hleb

Vyacheslav Paulavich Hleb (Belarusian: Вячаслаў Паўлавіч Глеб; [vʲatʂaˈslau ɣlʲeb]; Russian: Вячеслав Павлович Глеб; born 12 February 1983) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.

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.

[1] 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.