Career
Young Lions
Quak began his professional football career with Under-23 side Young Lions in the South.League in 2008. Quak was one of the Young Lions players involved in an on-pitch fight with Beijing Guoan Talent players in their South.League match on 7 September 2010. He was charged by the Football Association of Singapore (Fetal alcohol syndrome) for gross misconduct and bringing the game into disrepute and was banned for four months and fined South$1,000 for his part in the brawl.
Quak missed the 2010 Asian Games as a result of the ban.
LionsXII
In December 2011, the Fetal alcohol syndrome announced that Quak was to join the newly formed LionsXII for the 2012 Malaysia Super League. National service commitments however meant that Quak failed to make a single appearance throughout the 2012 season.
He was de-registered in the mid-season transfer window. Quak returned to the LionsXII squad for the 2013 season.
He made his long-awaited debut against PKNS on 15 January.
The left-footed Quak was switched to the right side of attack for both club and country for the 2014 season. He scored his first league goal, an opener against newly promoted side PDRM FA, as Lionsxii defeated them 5-3. Youth
Gabriel Quak has played for Singapore at Under-15, Under-18 and Under-23 levels.
He represented Singapore in the Lion City Cup, AFF U15 Tournament, Asian Youth Games Qualifiers, AFC U18 Qualifiers, VFF Cup and Southeast Asian Games.
Senior
Quak earned his first international cap in a friendly match against Laos on 7 June 2013, scoring a goal on his debut. He is the first Singapore-born Chinese player to feature regularly for the national team in 7 years since Goh Tat Chuan despite the ethnic Chinese forming the majority of the population.