Daniel Ung

Daniel Ung
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-10-19)19 October 1975[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Right back
Youth career
1982–[2] IFK Örby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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 Swedish retired 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.[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. ^ a b Daniel Ung at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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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