Young Lionel Messi fan wearing plastic bag jersey found in Afghanistan

The boy seen wearing a striped plastic bag with the football player's name and number scrawled in blue ink has been found.

He's five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi from Afghanistan who 'loves football and Messi.'

'When he suddenly wakes up in the middle of the night, he starts crying that he wants to go to Messi,' his father, Arif Ahmadi, told CNN from the family's farm in Jaghori, south-west of Kabul.



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Murtaza then started asking his father for a Messi jersey, Ahmadi said.

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'I told him that we were living in a poor village far from the city and it was impossible for me to get him the shirt.'

'He kept crying for days asking for the shirt until his brother Hamayon helped him make one from the plastic bag to make him happy.

'He stopped crying after wearing that plastic bag shirt,' Ahmadi said.

Images posted to Hamayon's Facebook page show a smiling Murtaza wearing the shirt and appearing to dance.

Search for the 'Messi boy'

Internet users started searching for the mystery boy in mid-January when a Leo Messi fan account on Twitter posted an image of him wearing a plastic 'Messi' bag.

The photo showed him only from the back -- a small boy with a buzz cut wearing a brown knitted sweater -- with a message that read: 'A kid in Iraq ...' It included an emoji of a breaking heart.

The Iraq reference turned out to be false. A Twitter user who tweeted that the boy was from Dohuk -- a city in northern Iraq -- later admitted that he'd made it up.

But the false lead led to claims by a Kurdistan television station that they'd found the boy in Dohuk.

'He wants to meet Messi'

In fact, Murtaza lives with his family in a rural village in Afghanistan, where he's become something of a celebrity.

Images posted to Facebook on Wednesday show the small boy still wearing his vest and posing with his proud father and other villagers.

'I feel very happy that he is famous now,' Ahmadi said. 'He is really excited that his pictures are everywhere now. He wants to become a football player in the future and go to school.'

And 'he wants to meet Messi,' he added.

Murtaza's life couldn't be more removed from that of his idol.

Earlier this month, Messi reclaimed his title as the world's best player, winning his fifth Ballon d'Or award at a lavish ceremony in Zurich.

'It's much more than anything I've dreamed of as a kid,' Messi said, as he accepted the award. 'I want to thank everyone who voted for me and I want to thank my teammates.

'And lastly, I want to thank football in general for everything it has brought me. Both the bad and the good. Because it has made me learn and grow.'

Last week, the Leo Messi fan account tweeted that they'd received a direct message from Leo's team. 'They want to know who this kid is so that Leo can arrange something for him.'

Over to you, Messi.

Murtaza then started asking his father for a Messi jersey, Ahmadi said. Last week, the Leo Messi fan account tweeted that they'd received a direct message from Leo's team. 'They want to know who this kid is so that Leo can arrange something for him.' Murtaza then started asking his father for a Messi jersey, Ahmadi said. Internet users started searching for the mystery boy in mid-January when a Leo Messi fan account on Twitter posted an image of him wearing a plastic 'Messi' bag. And 'he wants to meet Messi,' he added. Internet users started searching for the mystery boy in mid-January when a Leo Messi fan account on Twitter posted an image of him wearing a plastic 'Messi' bag. 'He stopped crying after wearing that plastic bag shirt,' Ahmadi said. 'I feel very happy that he is famous now,' Ahmadi said. 'He is really excited that his pictures are everywhere now. He wants to become a football player in the future and go to school.' Over to you, Messi. 'I told him that we were living in a poor village far from the city and it was impossible for me to get him the shirt.' Earlier this month, Messi reclaimed his title as the world's best player, winning his fifth Ballon d'Or award at a lavish ceremony in Zurich. 'I told him that we were living in a poor village far from the city and it was impossible for me to get him the shirt.' 'It's much more than anything I've dreamed of as a kid,' Messi said, as he accepted the award. 'I want to thank everyone who voted for me and I want to thank my teammates.

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