Arsenal's Hleb voted Belarus player of the year

MINSK, Nov 23 (Reuters) Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb has been voted Belarus' top player for the fourth time in the last five years.

In a nationwide poll of the country's soccer experts, conducted by the sports daily Pressbol, the 25-year-old playmaker was the overwhelming winner, ahead of Dnipro striker Sergei Kornilenko and Tom Tomsk midfielder Alexander Kulchiy.

Hleb also won the honour in 2002, 2003 and 2005 and finished second behind Dynamo Moscow striker Maxim Romashchenko in 2004.

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