Ahmad Faqa

Ahmad Faqa
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-10) 10 January 2003
Place of birth Qamishli, Syria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 AIK
Number 37
Youth career
Vasalunds IF
AIK
Bromstens IK
2017–2021 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– AIK 11 (0)
2022 → Västerås (loan) 7 (0)
2022 → Sandvikens IF (loan) 12 (1)
2023 → HK (loan) 25 (2)
2025 → FH (loan) 26 (0)
International career‡
2024– Syria 16 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2026

Ahmad Faqa (Arabic: أحمد فقا, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʔaħmad ˈfaʔa]) ; born 10 January 2003) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Swedish club AIK as a defender.[2]

Early and personal life

Faqa was born in Qamishli, Syria on 10 January 2003; his family moved to Sweden in 2012, settling in Rinkeby near Stockholm.[3]

Club career

Faqa spent his early career with Vasalunds IF, AIK and Bromstens IK, where he initially played as a striker.[3]

He returned to AIK at under-15 level.[3] He made his senior debut for AIK in February 2022, in the Swedish Cup, and in March 2022 he signed a new contract with AIK until the end of the 2026 season,[3] before moving on loan to Västerås.[4]

In July 2022 he signed on loan for Sandvikens IF.[3][5]

In March 2023 he signed on loan for Icelandic club HK until the end of the season.[3][6]

On his return to AIK in the 2024 season, he made a number of appearances.[7][8]

In April 2025 he moved on loan to Icelandic club FH, until the end of July.[3][6][9][10] In July, KR were reported to be trying to sign Faqa.[11]

International career

Faqa made his international debut for Syria in 2024,[12] scoring his first goal in March 2025.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Summary - Ahmad Faqa - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. ↑ "Ahmad Faqa Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ahmad Faqa lånas ut till Island". AIK.
  4. ↑ Tengström, Anders (30 June 2022). "Klart: Ahmad Faqa lämnar VSK".
  5. ↑ "Officiellt: Sandvikens IF lånar Ahmad Faqa och Adam Kiani". fotbolltransfers.com.
  6. 1 2 "Leikmaður - Ahmad Faqa". www.ksi.is.
  7. ↑ "Berg hyllar debutanten Ahmad Faqa: "Hoppas få se mer av honom"". 1 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ahmad Faqa om rollen som mittfältare: "Ser mig själv som mittback"". 27 March 2024.
  9. ↑ Sundberg, Tor (3 April 2025). "Officiellt: Ahmed Faqa lånas ut till Island". FotbollDirekt.
  10. ↑ "FH fær Ahmad Faqa - Hefur áður spilað á Íslandi með góðum árangri". 3 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net.
  12. ↑ "Ahmad Faqa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Hjortling, Rasmus (25 March 2025). "Ahmad Faqa målskytt för Syrien". FotbollDirekt.
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