Daniels Ontužāns

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Daniels Ontužāns
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Vangaži, Latvia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 08 Homburg
Number 14
Youth career
JFC Skonto
2008–2010 FC Augsburg
2010–2019 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Bayern Munich II 4 (0)
2020 → St. Gallen II (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2021–2023 SC Freiburg II 32 (3)
2023 RFS 9 (2)
2024– 08 Homburg 4 (0)
International career‡
2019– Latvia 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2020

Daniels Ontužāns (born 7 March 2000) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 08 Homburg in Germany and the Latvia national team.[1]

Club career[edit]

Ontužāns began his youth career with JFC Skonto in Latvia, before joining the youth team of FC Augsburg after having moved to Germany. In 2010, he joined the youth academy of fellow Bavarian club Bayern Munich.[2] Having moved into Bayern's under-19 team, in May 2018 he signed a new three-year contract lasting until 30 June 2021.[3] Ontužāns made one appearance on the bench for Bayern's reserve team during the 2018–19 season.[4] In June 2019, he was promoted to the Bayern's reserve team for the 2019–20 season in the 3. Liga.[5] Ontužāns made his first appearance for the reserve team on 21 February 2021,[6] during the 2020–21 season.[7]

On 14 July 2023, Ontužāns moved back to his home country. He signed a contract with FK RFS.[8]

International career[edit]

Ontužāns previously trained with the under-15 and under-16 German youth selections.[2]

On 27 May 2019, Ontužāns received his first call-up to the Latvia national team for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Israel and Slovenia.[9][10] He made his international debut on 10 June 2019,[11] coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute for Deniss Rakels in the match against Slovenia, which finished as a 5–0 home loss.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Ontužāns was born in Vangaži, Latvia, but he moved to Augsburg with his parents, who relocated to Germany for work, when he was eight.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 1 July 2022[4][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich II 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 0 0 — 0 0
2020–21 3. Liga 4 0 — 4 0
Total 4 0 — 4 0
Bayern Munich 2020–21 Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 1 0
SC Freiburg II 2021–22 3. Liga 22 2 — 22 2
Career total 26 2 1 0 27 2

International[edit]

As of 17 November 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Latvia 2019 2 0
2020 3 0
Total 5 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ Daniels Ontužāns at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b "Jaunais futbolists Ontužāns: Esmu gatavs izlasē parādīt savu labāko spēli" [New footballer Ontužāns: I'm ready to show my best game for the selection]. LA.lv (in Latvian). Latvijas Mediji. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Ontuzans pens new deal". FCBayern.com. FC Bayern Munich. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b "D. Ontužāns". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Fünf U19-Spieler rücken auf, Mayer verlängert" [Five under-19 players move up, Mayer extends]. FCBayern.com (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Daniels Ontužāns » 3. Liga 2020/2021". World Football. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Daniels Ontužāns » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  8. ^ "RFS pievienojas D.Ontužāns" (in Latvian). fkrfs.lv. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Nosaukti izlases kandidāti mājas spēlēm pret Izraēlu un Slovēniju" [Selection players nominated for home matches against Israel and Slovenia]. LFF.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Ontuzans für lettische A-Nationalmannschaft nominiert" [Ontuzans nominated for Latvian national team]. FCBayern.com (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Daniels Ontužāns". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  12. ^ "European Qualifiers 2020 – Latvia v Slovenia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  13. ^ Timofejevs, Matīss (4 June 2019). "Vangažnieks no Minhenes «Bayern». Ontužāns cer uz panākumiem Latvijas futbola izlasē" [The Vangažian in Bayern Munich. Ontužāns hopes for success in the Latvia national football team]. LSM.lv (in Latvian). Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

External links[edit]

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