Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 January 2003 | ||
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* | |||
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) | 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]
Faqa was born in Qamishli, Syria on 10 January 2003; his family moved to Sweden in 2012, settling in Rinkeby near Stockholm. [3]
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]
Faqa made his international debut for Syria in 2024, [12] scoring his first goal in March 2025. [13]