Kieffer Moore says the prospect of promotion with Bournemouth and reaching the World Cup with Wales "spurred" him on during his injury lay-off.
The 29-year-old scored twice on his return in the 3-3 draw at Swansea City.
"The prospect of potentially getting promoted to the Premier League and potentially going to a World Cup is always in my head," he said.
"That's spurred me on during my rehab, it's made me work even harder to get to this point and they've both been my underlying motivation."
Bournemouth moved a point closer to automatic promotion after coming back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Swansea.