Daniel Sundgren

Daniel Sundgren

Sundgren with AIK in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Andreas Sundgren
Date of birth	(1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Solna, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Degerfors IF
Number	6
Youth career
0000–2008	AIK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	AIK	0	(0)
2008	→ Täby IS (loan)	10	(2)
2009–2011	Väsby United	44	(5)
2009	→ Akropolis IF (loan)	10	(1)
2009	→ Arameisk-Syrianska IF (loan)	2	(0)
2010	→ Akropolis IF (loan)	3	(0)
2012–2015	Degerfors IF	110	(7)
2016–2019	AIK	90	(10)
2019–2022	Aris	73	(1)
2022–2024	Maccabi Haifa	47	(0)
2024–2025	Volos	25	(2)
2025–	Degerfors IF	4	(0)
International career‡
2021–2023	Sweden	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:25, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Daniel Andreas Sundgren (born 22 November 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Allsvenskan club Degerfors IF and the Sweden national team.

Club career

On 20 November 2015, he returned to AIK. In October 2017, Sundgren was hospitalized with a blood clot in his lungs, ending his 2017 season early. ^[1]

In June 2019, Sundgren joined Super League Greece side Aris, set to pen a three years' contract for an undisclosed fee. ^[2]

On 20 June 2022, Sundgren signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Haifa in Israel. ^[3]

In February 2025, it was announced that Sundgren will move to Degerfors IF from 1st July 2025. ^[4]

International career

On 1 September 2021, Sundgren was called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Spain on 2 September 2021 and against Greece on 8 September 2021, and for the friendly match against Uzbekistan on 5 September 2021. On 5 September 2021, he made his debut with national team in the friendly match against Uzbekistan. ^[5] On 24 September 2022, he made his competitive international debut in a 1–4 loss against Serbia in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B, playing the full 90 minutes as a right back. ^[6]

Personal life

He is the son of former Swedish international footballer Gary Sundgren. ^[7] Sundgren is of Finnish descent on his father's side.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 November 2022 ^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Täby IS (loan)	2008	Division 3 Norra Svealand	10	2	—		—		10	2
Väsby United	2009	Superettan	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2010	Superettan	14	1	1	0	—		15	1
	2011	Division 1 Norra	25	4	2	0	—		27	4
	Total		44	5	3	0	—		47	5
Akropolis IF (loan)	2009	Division 2 Östra Svealand	10	1	0	0	—		10	1
Arameiska-Syrianska (loan)	2009	Division 1 Norra	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
Akropolis IF (loan)	2010	Division 2 Södra Svealand	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
Degerfors IF	2012	Superettan	29	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2013	Superettan	26	4	1	0	—		27	4
	2014	Superettan	27	2	4	0	—		31	2
	2015	Superettan	28	1	0	0	—		28	1
	Total		110	7	5	0	—		115	7
AIK	2016	Allsvenskan	24	2	0	0	6 [a]	0	30	2
	2017	Allsvenskan	27	4	5	0	6 [a]	1	38	5
	2018	Allsvenskan	24	1	0	0	4 [a]	1	28	2
	2019	Allsvenskan	15	3	0	0	0	0	15	3
	Total		90	10	5	0	16	2	111	12
Aris	2019–20	Super League Greece	14	0	1	0	4 [a]	0	19	0
	2020–21	Super League Greece	31	0	3	0	0	0	34	0
	2021–22	Super League Greece	28	1	4	0	1 [b]	0	33	1
	Total		73	1	8	0	5	0	86	1
Maccabi Haifa	2022–23	Israeli Premier League	24	0	2	0	10 [c]	1	36	1
	2023–24	Israeli Premier League	0	0	0	0	7 [c]	0	7	0
	Total		24	0	2	0	17	1	43	1
Career total			366	24	23	0	38	3	427	29

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2021	1	0
	2022	1	0
	2023	1	0
Total		3	0

Honours

AIK

• Allsvenskan: 2018

Maccabi Haifa

• Israeli Premier League: 2022-23
• Israel Super Cup: 2023

References

1. "Daniel Sundgren till sjukhus". aikfotboll. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. "Att lämna klubben som jag älskar mest svider". expressen.se (in Swedish). 9 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
3. "Valkommen Daniel" (in Hebrew). Maccabi Haifa. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
4. Välkommen hem, Daniel Sundgren, degerforsif.se, 10 February 2025
5. "Sverige - Uzbekistan - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
6. "Hårda domen: Han kom inte upp i nivå". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
7. ""Jag vet inte när jag kan spela igen, eller hur allvarligt det är"". 29 November 2017.
8. "D. SUNDGREN". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
9. "Daniel Sundgren - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

External links

• Daniel Sundgren at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)