It will be the first tournament since the 47th edition held in January 1968 that the final match will not be held on 1 January in the following year, but will be moved up to 13 December 2014 (could be rescheduled to 23 December if one of the clubs advance to the final would also take part in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup), due to 2015 AFC Asian Cup, scheduled to be held from 9 January 2015.
This would bring his final goal tally to six thus becoming the tournament's top goalscorer and being lauded by the Qatar Football Association as one of the key-men to Qatar's 2015 AFC Asian Cup campaign in the future.
On 16 February 2013, he received his first call-up from the senior team for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Vietnam.
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