The veteran Al Nasr forward received his UAE passport earlier in the year and was included in the training squad of new head coach Jorge Luis Pinto last week as the West Asian side prepare for their up-coming Asian Qualifiers Group G matches in October and November.

And the 35-year-old, who has been a prolific scorer since moving to the UAE in 2013, is looking forward to striking up a potent attacking partnership with the Al Jazeera duo over the coming weeks and months.

The tournament will also serve as the final stage of FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying, with the top five sides to represent Asia at Lithuania 2021.

The highly rated youngster joins Lokomotiv on a five-year deal from FC Bunyodkor after appearing more than 30 times for the club at senior level.

He follows in the footsteps of Vitaliy Denisov, Aleksei Polyakov, Vladimir Maminov and Oleg Pashinin as Uzbekistan internationals to play for Lokomotiv, who finished second in the recently completed 2019-20 Russian Premier League.

The teenager, who made his international debut against Belarus in February, said he was looking forward to joining Lokomotiv, and linking up with Russian international Aleksei Miranchuk.

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