Gary Sundgren

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Personal information
Gary Sundgren
Full name	Kari Juhani Sundgren
Date of birth	October 25, 1967 (1967-10-25) (age 40)
Place of birth	Vammala, Finland
Height	187 cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1973 1974-1987	Västerås SK IK Franke
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-97 1997-2002 2002-2003 2004 2006	AIK Real Zaragoza AIK IFK Sollentuna FC Djursholm	202 (11) 111 (2) 25 (1) ? (?) ? (?)
National team
1994-2002	Sweden	31 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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

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.

[edit] Honours

Swedish champion: 1992 (AIK Sweden)
Swedish Cup: 1996, 1997 (AIK Sweden)
Copa del Rey: 2001 (Real Zaragoza Spain)

[edit] External links

Sundgren's profile at AIK

v • d • e Sweden squad - UEFA Euro 2000

1 Hedman • 2 Nilsson • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Björklund • 5 Lučić • 6 Sundgren • 7 Mild • 8 Gustafsson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Pettersson • 11 Alexandersson • 12 Kihlstedt • 13 Svensson • 14 Mellberg • 15 D. Andersson • 16 A. Andersson • 17 Mjällby • 18 Osmanovski • 19 K. Andersson • 20 Larsson • 21 Allbäck • 22 Asper • Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg