Ahmad Faqa

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Ahmad Faqa
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Qamishli, Syria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
AIK
Youth career
Vasalunds IF
AIK
Bromstens IK
2017–2021 AIK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– AIK 7 (0)
2022Västerås (loan) 7 (0)
2022Sandvikens IF (loan) 12 (1)
2023HK (loan) 25 (2)
2025FH (loan) 15 (0)
International career
2024– Syria 6 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:09, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:09, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Ahmad Faqa (born 10 January 2003) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Swedish club AIK, as a defender. [2]

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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.