Antonio Hysén
Swedish footballer
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Antonio Hysén[2] (born Glenn Anton Hysén 13 December 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender.
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Hysén at Utsiktens BK in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Hysén | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1990[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
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] He became only the second active footballer to come out as gay.[12] The BBC called him "a global one-off".[13]
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?").[14]
His older brothers are football players Tobias Hysén (half-brother) and Alexander Hysén.[9] He won the seventh season of Let's Dance,[15] being the first openly gay person to win this competition. He is the great-grandson of the footballer Erik Hysén.[16]