Antonio Hysén[2] (born Glenn Anton Hysén 13 December 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Antonio Hysén | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 December 1990||
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 |
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]
As of 2011, he worked part-time as a construction worker.[citation needed]
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 Erik Hysén.[15]