Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) fights for the ball with Lekhwaiya's Sebastian Soria during the Qatar Stars League match in Doha April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatar national soccer team players Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) and Mohammed Kassola fights for the ball during a training session in Isa Town, before their Gulf Cup tournament soccer match against Bahrain January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (BAHRAIN - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatar's Mesaad Al Hamad fights for the ball with Iraq's Yasser Abdul Mohsen (R) during their international friendly soccer match in Doha November 7, 2012. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) fights for the ball with Al-Wakrah's Aden Ali during their Emir Cup soccer tournament match in Doha May 5, 2012. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Players of Qatar's Al Sadd pose for a picture before their Club World Cup third-place soccer match against Japan's Kashiwa Reysol in Yokohama, south of Tokyo December 18, 2011. Players are (front L-R) Mesaad Al Hamad, Khalfan Al Khalfan, Mohammed Al Yazidi, Nadir Belhadj, Abdulla Koni, (rear L-R) Mamadou Niang, Kader Keita, Lee Jung-soo, Mohamed Saqr, Wesam Abdulmajid and Ibrahim Abdulmajed. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatar players Mesaad Al-Hamad (R) and Ali Afif attend a training session for the Asian Cup soccer tournament at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Doha January 20, 2011. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) fights for the ball with Lekhwiya's Bakari Kone of Ivory Coast during their Qatar Stars League soccer match in Doha November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) fights for the ball with Lekhwiya's Aruna Dindane of Ivory Coast during their Qatar Stars League soccer match in Doha November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al Hamad fights for the ball with Al-Ahli's Abdulrahman Hassan (R) during their quarter-final match in Qatar's Emir Cup in Doha May 2, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Eder Luciano (L) of Iran's Mes Kerman fights for the ball with Mesaad Al Hamad of Qatar's Al-Sadd during their AFC Champions League soccer match at the Al-Sadd stadium in Doha March 24, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Al-Gharafa's Younes Mahmoud (R) of Iraq fights for the ball with Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) and Taher Zakria during their Qatar Stars League soccer match in Doha March 19, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Al-Gharafa's Hamed Shami (top) fights for the ball with Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al-Hamad during the semi-final match for Qatar's Emir Cup in Doha May 13, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatar's Mesaad Al Hamad (L) fights for the ball with Saudi Arabia's Abdo Ateef during their Gulf Cup soccer match in Muscat January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (OMAN) 

Qatar's Mesaad Al Hamad fights for the ball with Libya's Ali Elhassy (R) during a friendly soccer match in Doha December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi ALassaad (QATAR) 

Japan's Keiji Tamada (R) controls the ball while challenged by Qatar's Mesaad Al-Hamad during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Doha November 19, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

China's Huang Bowen takes the ball past Qatar's Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) during their World Cup qualifying soccer match in Doha June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Al-Rayyan's Turki Al-Shaqfi (R) of Saudi Arabia fights for the ball with Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al Hamad of Qatar during their quarter-final match in the Amir Cup soccer tournament in Doha April 28, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Mesaad Al Hamad (rear) of Qatar's Al-Sadd fights for the ball with Ismaeil Matar of UAE's Al Wahda during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Abu Dhabi March 19, 2008. REUTERS/ Mohammad Youssef (UAE) 

Turki Al-Thagafi (L) of Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli fights for the ball with Mesaad Al Hamad of Qatar's Al-Sadd during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 12, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Qatar's Mesaad Al-Hamad (R) fights for the ball with Jihad Hussain of Syria during their international friendly soccer match in Damascus January 13, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (SYRIA) 

Al-Sadd's Mesaad Al Hamad fights for the ball with Al-Shamal's Sultan Al Touqi (R) during their Qatar championship soccer match in Doha September 21, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Qatar's Mesaad Al Hamad (L) celebrates scoring against Saudi Arabia with team mates Yousef Ahmed (C) and Musa Haroon during their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, final Asian qualifying round soccer match, in Doha August 22, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Saudi Arabia's Sidiq Almousa (L) fights for the ball with Qatar's Mesaad Al Hamad during their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, final Asian qualifying round soccer match, in Doha August 22, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Qatar's olympic soccer team player Bilal Mohammed (R) and Mesaad Al Hamad (L) fight for the ball with Nazilli player Ilyas Cakar of Turkey during a friendly match in Izmir August 7, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (TURKEY) 

Qatar's Mesaad Al Hamad stands before their 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B soccer match against Japan at the My Dinh stadium in Hanoi July 9, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad(VIETNAM) 

Qatar's national soccer team squad line up for a group photo before their 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B soccer match against Japan at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi July 9 , 2007. Standing in the front row from left to right: Saad Al Shammari, Hussain Abdulrahman, Mesaad Al Hamad, Waleed Abdulla and Meshal Budawood. Standing in the back row from left to right is Talal Al Bloushi, Mohamed Ahmed, Wesam Abdulmajid, Mesaad Al Hamad, Mustafa Abdulla and Andres Quintana. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (VIETNAM) 

Qatar's national soccer player Mesaad Al Hamad dribbles the ball during their friendly soccer match against Turkmenistan in Doha June 25, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi ALassaad (QATAR) 

Mesaad Al Hamad(L) of Qatar Olympic team fights for the ball with Nasurallah Khan of Pakistan during the second half of their under-22 soccer qualifier match for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in Doha June 6, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad(QATAR) 

Mesaad Al-Hamad (R) of Qatar fights for the ball with Hamad Al Enezi of Kuwait during their qualifying soccer match for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Kuwait May 16, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (KUWAIT) 

Bahrain's Ismaeel Ismaeel (C) tries to score against Qatar's Mesaad al-Hamad (front) and Qassem Burhan at the second half of their under-22 soccer qualifier match for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Manama March 28, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (BAHRAIN) 

Qatar's Mesaad al-Hamad controls the ball against Bahrain at the second half of their under-22 soccer qualifier match for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Manama March 28, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad(BAHRAIN) 

Bahrain's Jaycee John (R)celebrates after scoring against Qatar as Qatar's Mesaad al-Hamad watches at the second half of their under-22 soccer qualifier match for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Manama March 28, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (BAHRAIN) 

Mesaad Al-Hamad (L) and Majdi Sediq (R) of Qatar fight for the ball with Ebrahim Saleh of Kuwait during the second half of their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games under-22 qualifier soccer match in Doha February 28, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Qatar's players (L-R) Mesaad Ali Al-Hamad, Hussain Yaser Abdulrahman, Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid, Bilal Mohammed Rajab and Ali Nasser Saleh celebrate Rajab's goal during their men's gold medal soccer match against Iraq at the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 15, 2006. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (QATAR) 

Members of the Qatari soccer team pose for a picture before the start of the men's gold medal match at the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 15, 2006. Front row (L to R): Khalfan Ibrahim al Khalfan, Ali Nasser Saleh, Hussain Yaser Abdulrahman, Mesaad Ali Al Hamad and Majdi Abdulla Siddiq. Back Row (L to R): Sebastian Quintana, Mohamed Saqr Ahmed, Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid, Bilal Mohammed Rajab, Ibrahim Abdulla Al Ghanin and captain Abdulla Obaid Koni. REUTERS/Mohammad Youssef (QATAR) 

Qatar's Mesaad Ali Al-Hamad (L) and Iraq's Alaa Khashen run for the ball during their men's gold medal soccer match at the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 15, 2006. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (QATAR) 

Iraq's Karrar Muhamed (R) and Qatar's Mesaad Ali Al-Hamad fight for the ball during the men's gold medal soccer match at the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 15, 2006. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (QATAR) 

Qatar's Mesaad Al-Hamad (R) fights for the ball with Chen Tao of China during their friendly soccer match at the Al-Gharafa Stadium in Doha November 24, 2006. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Al-Wakra's Mergani Al-Zain (L) fights for the ball with Al-Sadd's Wesam Rizq (R) and Mesaad Al-Hamad during their Qatar championship soccer match in Doha October 13, 2006. REUTERS/Fadi AL-Assaad (QATAR)