Daniel Ung

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Daniel Ung
Personal information
Date of birth(1975-10-19)19 October 1975 [1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1982– [2] IFK Örby
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1994 IFK Örby
1995–2003 IF Elfsborg
2004–2006 Norrby IF
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Ung (born 19 October 1975) is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a right back.

He hails from Mark. [3] He started playing as a child in IFK Örby, continuing on their senior teams in lower divisions. [4] He played in the Allsvenskan for IF Elfsborg from 1997 to 2003. [1] As Elfsborg returned to Allsvenskan and Ung made his debut there, Göteborgs-Posten praised how the club "in the classical Elfsborgs way have vacuumed the ground and found rare plants such as the fresh back Daniel Ung". [5]

However, he became known for never scoring in the Allsvenskan, about which he was "often reminded" by people around the city. [6] [7] Several years after his retirement, he "was still hearing it". [8] His first trophy with Elfsborg was the 2000–01 Svenska Cupen. [2]

Having lost the entire 2000 season to injury, [6] he sustained a knee injury in September 2002 and had to see the physician Leif Swärd  [ sv ]. [9] Ung's contract was not renewed after the 2003 season. [10] He instead joined city minnows Norrby IF. [11]

Ung became manager of the women's team of Kronängs IF ahead of the 2020 season. [12]

Personal life

He was nicknamed "Dunga", based on his own name (D. Ung) but also on the Brazilian footballer. [4] [6]

He married, had two children, settled in the Borås borough of Kristineberg, and worked in IT systems development. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Daniel Ung at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Axelsson, David (1 September 2002). "Pulsen hög när Dunga jobbar heltid". Borås Tidning (in Swedish).
  3. ↑ Andersson, Örjan (31 May 2001). "Sport-krönikan". Markbladet (in Swedish). p. 44.
  4. 1 2 Jullander, Erik (15 April 2001). "Här väcks minnen till liv. På hemmaplan i Örby". Borås Tidning (in Swedish). p. 17.
  5. ↑ Hansson, Jan (8 April 1997). "Såna "knallar" vill vi gärna se fler av". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish).
  6. 1 2 3 Niklasson, Clas-G. (6 May 2002). "Nu blir du retad igen, Daniel". Expressen (in Swedish).
  7. ↑ Tynander, Thomas (6 May 2002). "Nej, inte ännu en nolla..." Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Daniel Ung, 34". Borås Tidning (in Swedish). 7 November 2009.
  9. ↑ "Ung på väg till Swärd". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 13 September 2002. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Axelsson, David (11 November 2003). "Ung vill satsa på tränarkarriären". Borås Tidning (in Swedish). p. 20.
  11. ↑ "Norrby nästa för Ung". Borås Tidning. 3 December 2003. p. sv.
  12. ↑ Edqvist, Li (14 November 2019). "Rutinerat på tränarsidan i Kronäng". Borås Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 September 2025.
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