Super Eagles star, Alex Iwobi, shared pictures of his early years at Arsenal to mark his 22nd birthday on Thursday.
Iwobi who joined the Gunners as a toddler in 2004, developed superbly through the ranks into a first-team player.
Despite tremendous progress under Arsene Wenger, however, the Nigerian seems not to have forgotten how it all started.
Iwobi took to Instagram to mark his birthday.
Iwobi wasn’t the only one in the throwback mood, though, as he was joined by childhood friend and Gunners teammate, Chuba Akpom.
These were they days we played football with rolled up socks on the block corridor 😭 happy birthday my bro @alexiwobi ❤⚽🎉 pic.twitter.com/PF1a3cUBAP
— Chuba Akpom (@cakpom) May 3, 2018
There were plenty accolades coming the way of Arsenal’s no 17.
His club, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), friends and well-wishers weren’t left out of the party.
🎈 Happy birthday to you, @AlexIwobi 🎉#BIG17 is 22 today pic.twitter.com/4jne1VgrwD
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 3, 2018
Happy birthday to the very promising @alexiwobi. Keep soaring 🎂🎂🎂 pic.twitter.com/3gkxGWXJiY
— The NFF 🇳🇬 (@thenff) May 3, 2018
Happy Birthday to Arsenal midfielder Alex Iwobi, who turns 22 today! #afc pic.twitter.com/rSCLp2kaHX
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) May 3, 2018
Happy Birthday to Arsenal and Nigeria ace @alexiwobi! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/biL3wlR7MH
— Goal (@goal) May 3, 2018
Happy birthday to Alex Iwobi!
🔴 62 Premier League
⚪ 9 Champions League
🔴 9 FA Cup
⚪ 8 League Cup
🔴 6 Europa League
⚪ 1 Community ShieldFive shy of a hundred Arsenal appearances. pic.twitter.com/twJoiDOWp2
— Scouted Football (@ScoutedFtbl) May 3, 2018
HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY @alexiwobi
Bring back the form of the big 45! #COYG #AFC #GunnersApp pic.twitter.com/Gf0XrjDJDR
— Gunners.com (@Gunnersc0m) May 3, 2018
Happy birthday to our very own Alex Iwobi 🎂 🎉 🎈
Team Nigeria all the way up! 🇳🇬#birthdaybingoNG pic.twitter.com/hPgNtZj66x— Birthdaybingo.ng (@BirthdayBingo) May 3, 2018
Happy 22nd birthday to Alex Iwobi #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/Ly6GaDPIlb
— 🔴CÖME ÖN ARSENAL⚪ (@davidhickman14) May 3, 2018
