Ahmad Al-Qaq

Ahmad Al-Qaq
Personal information
Date of birth	5 April 2002
Place of birth	Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sporting JAX
Number	11
Youth career
	PSA Stars
2016–2019	NC Fusion
College career
Years	Team
2020–2024	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021	Tobacco Road FC
2022	Wake FC
2025	North Carolina FC
2026–	Sporting JAX
International career‡
2025–	Palestine
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:00, 16 November 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Ahmad Al-Qaq (Arabic: أحمد القاق; born 25 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Sporting JAX. Born in the United States, he plays for the Palestine national team.

Club career

Al-Qaq is a product of the youth academies of the American clubs PSA Stars and NC Fusion. In 2020 he committed to college at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and joined their collegiate team Tar Heels, where he scored 6 goals in 47 appearances.^[1] In 2021, he had a short stint with USL League Two side Tobacco Road FC.^[2] In 2023, he returned to the USL League Two on another short stint with Wake FC.^[3] On 18 February 2025, he signed a professional one-year contract with North Carolina FC in the USL Championship.^[4]

On January 22, 2026, USL Championship expansion club Sporting Club Jacksonville, commonly known as Sporting JAX, announced Al-Qaq had joined their inaugural roster.^[5]

Al-Qaq was born in the United States to Palestinian parents. He was called up to the Palestine national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in June 2025.^[6] He debuted with Palestine in a 3–0 loss to Basque Country on 15 November 2025.^[7]

Al-Qaq graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a graduate degree in neuroscience in 2022, and a postgraduate M/S degree in 2025.^[8]^[9]