Lennart Wing
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lennart Wing | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BK René | |||
| Örgryte IS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1964 | Örgryte IS | ||
| 1965–1967 | Dundee United | 67 | (9) |
| 1967–1969 | Örgryte IS | ||
| 1970 | Kungsbacka BI | ||
| National team | |||
| 1961–65 | Sweden | 36 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1976 | Örgryte IS | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lennart Wing (born 7 August 1935) is a retired Swedish footballer and manager who played as a wing half. He began his senior career with Örgryte IS before moving to play professionally in Scotland, joining Dundee United in 1965. He returned to Örgryte in 1967 and also played for Kungsbacka BI before retiring in 1970. He later managed Örgryte in 1976. He made 36 appearances for Sweden between 1961 and 1965.
Wing was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and grew up in the Gamlestaden area of the city. He was one of a group of friends who formed a local team, BK René, where he played until joining Örgryte as a youth player.
Wing began his senior career at Örgryte in 1956. After promotion to the Allsvenskan in 1959, he helped the club achieve a third-placed finish in 1960, their highest placing during Wing's Örgryte career. At this time, Wing was employed as a firefighter whilst playing football part-time.
Wing signed for Scottish club Dundee United in January 1965, joining former Örgryte team-mate Örjan Persson, who had made the same move the previous month. Wing's debut for the club was in a Scottish First Division match against St Mirren on 23 January 1965. He went on to be a regular in the left half position for United over the next two and a half seasons and was part of the team that eliminated holders Barcelona from the 1966–67 Fairs Cup.
Unable to further extend his leave of absence from his firefighting job, Wing returned to Sweden in April 1967 and rejoined Örgryte. He ended his career playing in the third tier of Swedish football with Kungsbacka, where he played as a forward and finished as the team's top scorer. He retired from playing in 1970.
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