Daniel Sundgren

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.

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)

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