Anton Hysén

Anton Hysén
Personal information
Full name Anton Hysén
Date of birth December 13, 1990 (1990-12-13) (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England[2]
Playing position Defender[1]
Club information
Current club Utsiktens BK
Number 20[1]
Youth career
1999-2000 Torslanda IK
2001-2003 Lundby IF
2004-2007 BK Häcken[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008-2009 BK Häcken 0 (0)
2009- Utsiktens BK[1] 36 (2)
National team
Sweden U-17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Anton Hysén (born December 13, 1990) is a Swedish football player who plays in the Swedish second division for Utsiktens BK, which is coached by his father Glenn Hysén. Anton is a former member of the Swedish national under-17 association football team and was given a trainee contract with BK Häcken from 2007 to 2009,[3] but was hindered by injuries and instead joined Utsiktens BK, for whom he plays in his third season. He was previously a member of Torslanda IK. His older brothers are football players Tobias Hysén (half-brother) and Alexander Hysén.[4]

Personal life

Anton is the son of Glenn and Helena Hysén. He came out as gay to the Swedish football magazine Offside in March 2011.[4] 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.[5][2] The BBC called him "a global one-off".[6] He told the magazine: "It is fucked up that no other Swedish player had come out yet. I am a footballer. And gay. If I perform as a footballer, then I do not think it matters if I like girls or boys. People may call me anything they want, it will just make me even more psyched".[5]

Anton was profiled on TV4 on March 9, 2011, in a program moderated by Lennart Ekdal titled "Får även bögar spela fotboll?" ("Can gays play football too?").[7]

Anton works part-time as a construction worker.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Spelarprofil - 20 Anton Hysén" (in Swedish). Utsiktens BK. http://www.utsiktensbk.com/A-lag/player.asp?seasonid=54&playerid=397. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c 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. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1368550/Anton-Hysen-Its-time-Premier-League-player-comes-out.html. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Richards, Giles; Christenson, Marcus (13 March 2011). "Anton Hysen states case for coming out and for his father's speech". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/mar/13/anton-glenn-hysen-gay-pride. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  4. ^ a b Rhyner, Sascha (9 March 2011). "Schwedischer Fussballprofi: "Ich bin schwul" [Swedish professional footballer: "I'm gay"]" (in German). Basler Zeitung. http://bazonline.ch/sport/fussball/Schwedischer-Fussballprofi-Ich-bin-schwul/story/19848491. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "Son of former Liverpool star Glenn Hysen becomes first high-profile Swedish footballer to reveal that he's gay". Daily Mail. 9 March 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1364501/Anton-Hysen-son-Liverpool-star-Glenn-reveals-hes-gay.html. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  6. ^ Franks, Tim (21 March 2011). "Hysen stands tall in 'man's game'"". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timfranks/2011/03/a_mans_game.html. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 
  7. ^ 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. http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/1.2047117/2011/03/09/anton_hysen_kommer_ut_som_gay_hoppas_att_fler_kommer_ut_nu. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 

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