Murtaza Ahmadi

The family of an Afghan boy who gained brief Internet fame after being photographed in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag in the colours of his hero, Argentine soccer idol Lionel Messi, has been forced to flee his home after a Taliban attack.

The world took note of Murtaza Ahmadi after a picture of him, wearing a shirt made from a striped blue plastic bag with Lionel Messi's number 10 written on the back, became viral.

Murtaza Ahmadi, a five-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from Lionel Messi, and his family were forced to leave Afghanistan amid constant telephone threats

The family of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his soccer hero Lionel Messi was forced to leave Afghanistan amid constant telephone threats, the boy's father said today.

Lionel Messi autographed two jerseys, writing "With much love" in Spanish on them, for his Afghan fan Murtaza Ahmadi, who became an internet sensation when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with "Messi" scrawled on it in marker pen

Remember that adorable five-year-old Afghan boy whose picture in a makeshift, plastic bag Lionel Messi jersey went viral? Guess what? He doesn't need to wear that blue-and-white-striped plastic shirt anymore. Murtaza Ahmadi can now wear his own, specially autographed Messi jersey sent to him by the Barcelona star himself.

Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi shot to global fame after his brother posted pictures of him dressed in the blue-and-white-striped plastic shirt with Lionel Messi's name scrawled in marker pen on Facebook in mid-January.

The family of an Afghan boy who gained brief Internet fame after being photographed in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag in the colours of his hero, Argentine soccer idol Lionel Messi, has been forced to flee his home after a Taliban attack.

The world took note of Murtaza Ahmadi after a picture of him, wearing a shirt made from a striped blue plastic bag with Lionel Messi's number 10 written on the back, became viral.

Murtaza Ahmadi, a five-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from Lionel Messi, and his family were forced to leave Afghanistan amid constant telephone threats

The family of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his soccer hero Lionel Messi was forced to leave Afghanistan amid constant telephone threats, the boy's father said today.

Lionel Messi autographed two jerseys, writing "With much love" in Spanish on them, for his Afghan fan Murtaza Ahmadi, who became an internet sensation when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with "Messi" scrawled on it in marker pen

Remember that adorable five-year-old Afghan boy whose picture in a makeshift, plastic bag Lionel Messi jersey went viral? Guess what? He doesn't need to wear that blue-and-white-striped plastic shirt anymore. Murtaza Ahmadi can now wear his own, specially autographed Messi jersey sent to him by the Barcelona star himself.

Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi shot to global fame after his brother posted pictures of him dressed in the blue-and-white-striped plastic shirt with Lionel Messi's name scrawled in marker pen on Facebook in mid-January.