Gary Sundgren

Football player infobox2
playername = Gary Sundgren


fullname = Kari Juhani Sundgren
nickname = "Gary"
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1967|10|25|mf=y
cityofbirth = Vammala
countryofbirth = Finland
height = 187 cm
currentclub = Retired
position = Defender
youthyears = 1973
1974-1987
youthclubs = Västerås SK
IK Franke
years = 1988-97
1997-2002
2002-2003
2004
2006
clubs = AIK
Real Zaragoza
AIK
IFK Sollentuna
FC Djursholm
caps(goals) = 202 (11)
111 (2)
25 (1)
? (?)
? (?)
nationalyears = 1994-2002
nationalteam = Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 31 (1)

Kari Juhani "Gary" Sundgren (born October 25, 1967 in Vammala, Finland) is a former Swedish footballer who played mostly for AIK. One child, separated from the mother.

Sundgren was born in Finland, but moved to Sweden with his parents as a toddler and was raised in Västerås. There he was called Gary which caught on and, for the duration of his career, he was always called by this first name instead of Kari.

Sundgren scored the winner against Malmö FF when AIK became Swedish champions for the first time in 55 years, in 1992. He then spent five seasons in La Liga, playing for Real Zaragoza before returning to AIK, and retiring in 2006 after two seasons with modest Swedish outfits.

Sundgren represented Sweden at Euro 2000, and played in the 0-0 draw with Turkey.

Nephew Mikael Backlund plays Ice hockey for VIK Västerås HK

Honours

*Swedish champion: 1992 (AIK SWE)
*Swedish Cup: 1996, 1997 (AIK SWE)
*Copa del Rey: 2001 (Real Zaragoza ESP)

External links

* [http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?/fotboll/historik/500aikare/garysund.html Sundgren's profile at AIK]