• Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, wears Barcelona's star Lionel Messi shirt made of a plastic bag , as he plays football at the Afghan Football Federation headquarter in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, wears Barcelona's star Lionel Messi shirt made of a plastic bag , as he plays football at the Afghan Football Federation headquarter in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
  • Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he arrives at the Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he arrives at the Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  • Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he talks with a member of a football team after playing soccer at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he talks with a member of a football team after playing soccer at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  • Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears Barcelona's star Lionel Messi shirt made of a plastic bag as he plays soccer at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears Barcelona's star Lionel Messi shirt made of a plastic bag as he plays soccer at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  • Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as his father talks to the media at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as his father talks to the media at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  • Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi (C) wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he plays soccer with members of a youth football team at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi (C) wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he plays soccer with members of a youth football team at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  • Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi made of a plastic bag at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi made of a plastic bag at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  • Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi (C) wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he poses with members of a youth soccer team at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi (C) wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as he poses with members of a youth soccer team at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Lionel Messi’s biggest little fan kicks it around at Afghanistan federation HQ – in pictures

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Images of five-year-old Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi playing at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul. Photographs of Murtaza in a makeshift Lionel Messi shirt, fashioned out of a plastic bag, went viral on the internet and now the youngster is set to meet his hero.

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