Ahmed Awad (footballer)

Ahmed Awad
	Awad with IFK Värnamo in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Y. Awad Mohammad
Date of birth	1 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tiberias, Israel
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ariana
Number	30
Youth career
	IK Brage
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2012	Dalkurd
2013	IFK Värnamo
2014–2019	Dalkurd
2020	Västerås SK
2020–2021	Östersunds FK
2022–2023	Dalkurd
2023–	Ariana
International career‡
2016–	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2018

Ahmed Y. Awad Mohammad (Arabic: أحمد عواد محمد; born 1 June 1992) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Ariana and the Palestine national team. Awad started playing football in the youth academy of IK Brage, before moving to Dalkurd. In 2013, he transferred to IFK Värnamo in Superettan, but returned to Dalkurd a year later.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Awad was raised in Sweden to parents of Palestinian descent, and is eligible for both Sweden and Palestine. In March 2016, Awad accepted a call-up to the Palestine national football team, and was on the bench in their 2–0 loss against the UAE in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 24 March 2016.^[2]^[3]