Antonio Hysén

Antonio Hysén
Hysén at Utsiktens BK in 2012
Personal information
Full name Antonio Hysén
Date of birth (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 Torslanda IK
Number 20[1]
Youth career
1999–2000 Torslanda IK
2001–2003 Lundby IF
2004–2007 BK Häcken[1]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 North Carolina Wesleyan College 0 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 BK Häcken 0 (0)
2010–2013 Utsiktens BK[1] 71 (2)
2014 Myrtle Beach FC 0 (0)
2015 Torslanda IK 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Hysén[2] (born Glenn Anton Hysén 13 December 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender.

Football career

He was given a trainee contract with BK Häcken from 2007 to 2009,[3] but was hindered by injuries and instead joined Utsiktens BK in 2010 after spending the spring of 2010 at North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.[4][5][6] In 2014, he played with the American fourth division team Myrtle Beach FC. In 2015, he signed with Torslanda IK.[7]

Personal life

Hysén is the son of former Swedish international Glenn Hysén, and was born in Liverpool,[8] when his father was playing for Liverpool F.C. Antonio Hysén came out as gay to the Swedish football magazine Offside in March 2011.[9][10][11] The BBC called him "a global one-off".[12]

Hysén was profiled on Swedish broadcaster TV4 on 9 March 2011, in a debate show moderated by Lennart Ekdal titled Får även bögar spela fotboll? ("Can gays play football too?").[13]

His older brothers are football players Tobias Hysén (half-brother) and Alexander Hysén.[9] He won the seventh season of Let's Dance,[14] being the first openly gay person to win this competition. He is the great-grandson of the footballer Erik Hysén.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Spelarprofil - Anton Hysén" (in Swedish). Utsiktens BK. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ^ Tonnvik, Emma (25 August 2020). "Anton Hysén byter namn". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Issue 4 - North Carolina Wesleyan College". studylib.net. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Hysénbloggen". 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Anton Hysén: The "Guys We Like" Interview". gay4soccer. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Anton Hysén har hittat ny klubb: "Känns gött"".
  8. ^ Barkham, Patrick (29 March 2011). "Anton Hysén: 'Anyone afraid of coming out should give me a call'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b Rhyner, Sascha (9 March 2011). "Schwedischer Fussballprofi: "Ich bin schwul"" [Swedish professional footballer: "I'm gay"]. Basler Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  10. ^ Zeigler, Cyd (8 December 2016). "Five years after coming out, Anton Hysen has heard a homophobic comment only once". Outsports. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  11. ^ Masters, James (27 September 2013). "Anton Hysen: Gay soccer players want to come out". CNN. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  12. ^ Franks, Tim (21 March 2011). "Hysen stands tall in 'man's game'". BBC News. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Buzinski, Jim (1 June 2012). "Soccer's Anton Hysen wins Sweden's "Let's Dance," talks about his butt". Outsports. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Titta - en son talang..." www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2022.