Not just a football artist

Jan Boller goes full -time at FC Juniors Upper Austria in the 2.Football league on points hunt.Away from the lawn, the 21-year-old lives out his creativity and modifies shoes with his own designs.

"Except for the theory, I always enjoyed art at school," grinned the central defender.

Awareness increases

In the first Corona Lockdown Lockdown, he had looked around with his girlfriend for individually styled shoes.“But they were too expensive for us.Then I came up with the idea of doing her myself, ”said Boller.

He began to decorate his own sneakers and quickly expanded the customer base to the family, friends and football colleagues up to previously unknown."The idea has developed into a hobby," said Boller about the response.

Instagram and personal contact

Everything is currently being handled via the Instagram page “JB.Customshoes ”, as well as in personal contact.The customer can either have a worn or a new desired couple designed individually.

A separate web shop is planned and there are no models or shoe types that cannot be decorated."Large areas like those from Nike Air Force 1 are very suitable, but I have already painted others," said Boller.

Striving for the highest goals

In addition to his artistic activity, the juniors defender also goes into the end of the season..

“As a athlete and man, I always strive for the highest goals.We still want to collect as many points as possible, ”said Boller.

The remaining program with Austria Klagenfurt (5.), Blau-Weiß Linz (1.), Lafnitz (3.) and Wacker Innsbruck (4.) has it all, but Boller is optimistic, because “everything is possible.Everyone can beat everyone in the league ”.

By Daniel Gruber