Salah features in art exhibition in St. Petersburg

CAIRO – 21 June 2018: Mohamed Salah, Egypt and Liverpool’s star, featured in a new art exhibition titled "Like the Gods".


Mohamed Salah



Lionel Messi


The art exhibition displays images of current and former football legends wearing historical military costumes at the Museum of the Art Academy of St. Petersburg.


Diego Costa (R) , Jurgen Klopp (L)


The collection depicts football icons in historical uniforms like kings and generals of bygone ages. Many current players featured in the exhibition like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba, and Diego Costa alongside football legends like Diego Armando Maradona, Francesco Totti, Zinedine Zidane and Liverpool’s manager, Jurgen Klopp.


Maradona (R) , Cristiano Ronaldo (L)

The exhibition presents more than 40 portraits painted by Italian artist Fabrizio Birimbelli.
Football stars are icons of the modern era, especially after their achievements that turned them into legends like the great kings and military men of earlier eras.


Cristiano Ronaldo

The pictures depicted Salah in historical military uniforms wearing the logo of the Egyptian Football Association and numerous medals on his chest.



Mohamed Salah



Lionel Messi



Zinedine Zidane