Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb has been voted Belarus' player of the year for the fifth time in the last six years.

 

In a nationwide poll of the country's soccer experts, conducted by the sports daily Pressbol, Hleb ranked ahead of FK Moscow goalkeeper Yuri Zhevnov and Gomel striker Roman Vasilyuk.

 

Hleb, 26, also won the honor in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 and finished second in 2004.

 

(Xinhua News Agency November 27, 2007)