The Nigeria Football Federation and Arsenal FC have sent congratulatory messages to Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi, who turns 22 today (Thursday).
Iwobi was born in Lagos, Nigeria on May 3, 1996.
“Happy birthday to the very promising @alexiwobi. Keep soaring,” a tweet on the NFF’s handle reads.
Arsenal wrote on their official Twitter handle: “Happy birthday to you, @alexiwobi, #BIG17 is 22 today.”
His childhood friend, Chuba Akpom also celebrated him with a message he tweeted on Thursday.
“These were the days we played football with rolled up socks on the block corridor, happy birthday my bro @alexiwobi,” Akpom tweeted with an old picture of them.