Ahmad Faqa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Qamishli, Syria | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AIK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vasalunds IF | |||
| AIK | |||
| Bromstens IK | |||
| 2017–2021 | AIK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | AIK | 7 | (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 | 15 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 December 2025 | |||
Ahmad Faqa (born 10 January 2003) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Swedish club AIK as a defender.[2]
Early and personal life
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Faqa made his international debut for Syria in 2024,[12] scoring his first goal in March 2025.[13]
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- 2003 births
- Syrian men's footballers
- Syria men's international footballers
- Vasalunds IF players
- AIK Fotboll players
- Västerås SK Fotboll players
- Sandvikens IF players
- Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs players
- Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players
- Superettan players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Besta deild karla players
- Allsvenskan players
- Men's association football defenders
- Syrian expatriate men's footballers
- Syrian emigrants to Sweden
- Footballers from Qamishli
- Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- Living people
- Footballers from Stockholm