It will be one last hurrah for veteran defender Farooq Saeed, who is among the 16 players picked to represent Hong Kong at the Doha Asian Games in December.
Saeed, 36, has just undergone keyhole surgery on a troublesome right knee. But the Shaheen central defender is in no doubt that he will be fit and ready when the Asian Games start in Qatar on December 1.
'I have already begun training with the squad and I'm doing gym work twice a day. My knee feels okay and I'm quite certain that I will be 100 per cent when the tournament starts,' said Saeed. 'This will be the last time that I will play for Hong Kong for I intend to retire after the Asian Games.'
The selectors have given Saeed the chance to go out in a blaze of glory.
But it remains to be seen if he will be given the opportunity to lead Hong Kong for one last time. At the recent Asian Games qualifying tournament in Bangladesh, Saeed was replaced as captain for the latter part of the tournament by Akbar Ali as new coach Simon Chapman began to look to the future.
'I have not decided as yet who will captain the Asian Games squad,' said Chapman yesterday. 'But Farooq is looking very fit. He has been doing a lot of rehabilitative work on his knee and is very determined to make the squad.'
Although the HKHA has submitted the required 16 names to the Hong Kong Olympic Committee for approval - a 16-strong women's squad has also been named - officials said changes could be made if necessary.