Anton Hysén
 Hysén at Utsiktens BK in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Glenn Anton Hysén[1] | ||
| Date of birth | December 13, 1990[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[3] | ||
| Playing position | Defender[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Torslanda IK | ||
| Number | 20[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Torslanda IK | ||
| 2001–2003 | Lundby IF | ||
| 2004–2007 | BK Häcken[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | BK Häcken | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Utsiktens BK[2] | 71 | (2) |
| 2014 | Myrtle Beach FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2015– | Torslanda IK | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Glenn Anton Hysén (born December 13, 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays in the Swedish Football Division 2 for Torslanda IK, as a defender.
Football career
He is a former member of the Swedish under-17 team and was given a trainee contract with BK Häcken from 2007 to 2009,[4] but was hindered by injuries and instead joined Utsiktens BK in 2010.
In 2014 he played with the American fourth division team Myrtle Beach FC. In 2015, he signed with Torslanda IK.[5]
Personal life
Anton is the son of former Swedish international Glenn Hysén, and was born in Liverpool, where he was playing for Liverpool F.C.. He came out as gay to the Swedish football magazine Offside in March 2011.[6] Daily Mail has described Anton as the "first high-profile Swedish footballer to announce that he is gay" and as the second active professional football player to come out, after English footballer Justin Fashanu in 1990.[3][7] The BBC called him "a global one-off".[8]
Hysén was profiled on Swedish broadcaster TV4 on March 9, 2011, in a debate show moderated by Lennart Ekdal titled Får även bögar spela fotboll? ("Can gays play football too?").[9]
As of 2011 he worked part-time as a construction worker.[3]
His older brothers are football players Tobias Hysén (half-brother) and Alexander Hysén.[6] He won the seventh season of Let's Dance, being the first openly gay person to win this competition.
References
- ↑ "Glenn Anton Hysen" (in Swedish). Merinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Spelarprofil - Anton Hysén" (in Swedish). Utsiktens BK. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 Kay, Alex (22 March 2011). "Tackling the ultimate taboo: It's time for a Premier League player to come out, says gay Swedish footballer". Daily Mail. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ↑ Richards, Giles; Christenson, Marcus (13 March 2011). "Anton Hysen states case for coming out and for his father's speech". The Observer. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ http://www.expressen.se/gt/anton-hysen-har-hittat-ny-klubb-kanns-gott/
- 1 2 Rhyner, Sascha (9 March 2011). "Schwedischer Fussballprofi: "Ich bin schwul"" [Swedish professional footballer: "I'm gay"]. Basler Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ "Son of former Liverpool star Glenn Hysen becomes first high-profile Swedish footballer to reveal that he's gay". Daily Mail. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ Franks, Tim (21 March 2011). "Hysen stands tall in 'man's game'". BBC News. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ↑ Pershagen, Axel (9 March 2011). "Anton Hysén kommer ut som gay - hoppas att fler kommer ut nu" [Anton Hysén comes out as gay - hopes that more come out now] (in Swedish). TV4 Group. Retrieved 10 March 2011.