A mural of Shota Arveladze was painted on the house, where he grew up. The football player thanked the authors of mural on his Facebook page.

“Even in my childhood dream, it was unimaginable that in the city and home where I grew up, someone would paint a massive mural with my image, wearing an Ajax shirt. This was a dream and is still the biggest dream of millions of teenagers.

I especially love this photo and these years because they remind me of the path I took to reach my dream club and when I made friends and wonderful people who have been part of my life for decades.

Legendary actors, film directors, and academics have lived in and still live in this house, so my emotions are mixed. I feel inconvenience and joy, but it’s happiness when people make you think you deserve it.

I grew up here. We played football until nightfall, and everyone tried to keep us out of danger, to think only about football. We tried to return this gratitude with love and attention.

Thanks to our partner Europabet for the idea and the street art movement Niko, for the excellent performance, especially to the artists Davit Mchedlishvili (Dante) and Giorgi Kalandarishvili (Pablo).

I’m between the gratitude and embarrassment, I hope everyone gets this right”, - writes Shota Arveladze.