Daniels Ontužāns (born 7 March 2000) is a Latvian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Latvia national team.

Club career

Ontužāns began his youth career with JFC Skonto in Latvia, before joining the youth team of

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after having moved to Germany. In 2010, he joined the youth academy of fellow

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n club

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. Having moved into Bayern's under-19 team, in May 2018 he signed a new three-year contract lasting until 30 June 2021. Ontužāns made one appearance on the bench for Bayern's reserve team during the 2018–19 season. In June 2019, he was promoted to the Bayern's reserve team for the 2019–20 season in the

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. Ontužāns made his first appearance for the reserve team on 21 February 2021, during the 2020–21 season.

International career

Ontužāns previously trained with the under-15 and under-16 German youth selections. On 27 May 2019, Ontužāns received his first call-up to the Latvia national team for the

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matches against

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and

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. He made his international debut on 10 June 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute for

Deniss Rakels Deniss Rakeļs (born 20 August 1992) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays for the Latvia national team. He was born in Jēkabpils. Career Club Early career in Latvia Rakels started his youth career in his local club Jēkabpils RSS, ...

in the match against Slovenia, which finished as a 5–0 home loss.

Personal life

Ontužāns was born in

Vangaži Vangaži () is a town in Ropaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. History The name Vangaži (german: Wangasch) was first mentioned in the 17th century as the name of a local manor. The name itself is a combination of two words in ...

, Latvia, but he moved to

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with his parents, who relocated to Germany for work, when he was eight.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ontuzans, Daniels 2000 births Living people People from Vangaži Latvian footballers Latvia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Bayern Munich II players FC Bayern Munich footballers SC Freiburg II players 3. Liga players Latvian expatriate footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany